Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague very much for his question. I know he has worked extremely hard with his colleagues from British Columbia to try to have the Conservatives reverse their decisions, especially those to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard station and the emergency response centres.
This bill would provide more resources, but it does not go far enough. Indeed, the NDP has tried to widen the scope of this bill, to enable the people who work on the ground and have the required expertise to move forward with their efforts to make Canadians feel safer.
We asked the Conservatives to reverse their decision to close the Coast Guard station and the search and rescue centre. This was precisely intended to give resources to the people on the ground, to make Canadians feel safer at home.