Mr. Speaker, on May 23, 1873, in this place, an act establishing what would be referred to as the North West Mounted Police was passed.
Sir John A. Macdonald had a vision that a national police force would be used to calm tensions in the west.
Today, the RCMP was called on to calm tensions in the east.
Safety on Parliament Hill is paramount. The Leader of the Opposition apparently does not think so.
When a police officer turns on their vehicle's emergency lights, it means stop, not to go through stop signs.
Police officers are asked to do many things. One of the things they are not asked to be is be mind readers. If I were still a police officer and the Leader of the Opposition said, “Do you know who I am?” My reply to him would be, “As soon as you give me your driver's licence I will.”