Mr. Speaker, this week the newly minted NDP chief soft-on-crime spokesman and member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca stood in this House and, shockingly, delivered a statement praising the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies for standing up for the rights of both offenders and victims. No doubt the first part of that statement is probably correct.
Unbelievably, this is the same organization that claimed to the public safety committee that front-line prison guards strip-searching convicted criminals to prevent the trafficking of contraband and drugs was “state-sponsored sexual assault”.
Standing up for this special interest group shows just how opposed the NDP is to the values that are important to Canadians and Canadian families.
Unlike the NDP, our government will always put the rights of law-abiding Canadians ahead of the rights of criminals.