Mr. Speaker, another province, British Columbia, is also unhappy and has raised concerns.
With the Conservatives playing hide and seek on the costs, provinces like British Columbia do not even know how big the final bill will be.
British Columbia's solicitor general, Shirley Bond, said:
Any time you impose minimum sentences there are going to be downstream impacts for us just in terms of capacity and cost....
How much will British Columbia have to pay to implement the Conservatives' prisons agenda?