Mr. Speaker, the minister is obviously strong on spin, though weak on crime.
At a time of escalating gang violence in B.C., unfortunately we do have a Conservative government that is weak on crime. On the Conservatives' watch, the situation has become worse. They have been three years in power and communities are experiencing the reeling from their failure.
The Conservatives have weakened prevention programs, weakened the gun registry and killed a number of important crime bills that the Liberals were supporting.
Why is the minister not giving my community of Vancouver and all Canadians the tools and the resources they--