Mr. Speaker, Quebec and Montreal are grappling with a criminal gang war fuelled by cross-border arms trafficking. Solving this problem starts with the federal government tightening up border controls.
Smugglers move weapons across the border at locations that fall under multiple jurisdictions because that causes confusion among different levels of government.
The Bloc Québécois has a solution: create a joint task force to tackle arms trafficking. It should include Quebec, provincial, federal, indigenous and U.S. police forces.
Will the government take the lead on this initiative and launch a joint task force immediately?