Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his observations on this. However, they are blatantly incorrect.
They are incorrect because they are like comparing apples and oranges. The member is not taking into consideration the things that are available to people for their rehabilitation, or if they took advantage of those things when they spent time in jail.
Our government is standing up for victims. It is clear and obvious that his party, and those across the way, have determined that it is more expedient perhaps, as they have been talking about, to save money here and to bring up statistics that are, as I said, not comparable.
We have studied and gone across Canada with the public safety committee looking at our system, and we have been looking at international systems. They differ.
The member's argument today is blatantly false.