Mr. Speaker, because of my nine years of experience in local government and chairing the Union of B.C. Municipalities Justice and Protective Services Committee, I know that for local governments, policing is the number one budget item, as health care is for the provinces. In speaking with local government, the superintendent of the RCMP, and crown prosecutors, our community fully supports adjustments to the Criminal Code.
What other organizations has the parliamentary secretary heard from that support the need to adjust the Criminal Code so that we do not have the catch and release program that is in our communities today?