Mr. Speaker, past transfers to the provinces will not help pay the billions in bills from the government's misguided prisons agenda.
Experts have testified at committee that this bill will not actually improve public safety. The Canadian Bar Association's criminal justice section, made up of prosecutors and defence counsel, called the bill counterproductive, yet, the government is bullying provinces into writing a blank cheque with taxpayers' money.
Will the government listen to the provinces and abandon its out-of-touch prisons agenda? When will it start helping provinces and communities invest in crime prevention and more front-line police officers?