Madam Speaker, the government's tough approach to white collar crime has not achieved much of a result over the last few years.
The United States has successfully prosecuted and imprisoned 1,200 white collar criminals, whereas in Canada I believe there were two convictions, both against the same person. Since the government is going to spend $9 billion developing new prisons, it seems like a bit of overkill for that one white collar criminal who has been put in jail.
Certainly, the whole government is dealing with a case of misplaced priorities on a massive scale. I would like to ask the member for his comments.