Mr. Speaker, every Canadian, regardless of their race, background or religion, needs to feel safe where they live, where they work, and where they gather to pray.
Through the communities at risk: security infrastructure program, our government is supporting vulnerable communities by helping them feel safe in their local centres, their schools, and their places of worship.
This program has given the community in my riding a greater sense of safety by helping it improve its security infrastructure so that there are places where community members feel safe.
In order to leave enough time to submit an application, and given the real tensions that various organizations are experiencing because of COVID-19—