Mr. Speaker, I will once again ask the same question that I have repeated several times.
Cutbacks at the Canada Border Services Agency, at the RCMP and in the special units have been detrimental to the fight against trafficking in weapons, cigarettes and even drugs. If the government keeps cutting these agencies' budgets, it will be impossible to fight crime, even by increasing prison sentences and so on, measures that have absolutely no impact in the field.
People need real resources. I have spoken to police officers on the front lines and that is what they have told me. The RCMP boats on Lake Champlain and Lac Memphrémagog have not been maintained and have been out of service for two years now. RCMP officers cannot even put their boats in the water to chase the boats that are crossing the lake with huge quantities of cigarettes.
It is impossible to fight crime without putting resources in the right places.