Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity, first and foremost, to thank our policing agencies. The RCMP and all local police across this country have been doing exceptional work to make several arrests in the complicated scheme that has been taking place all over North America. We have our allies across the pond looking into similar occurrences happening on their soil as well. This is due to the co-operation taking place among our policing agencies.
We have five- to seven-year minimum sentences and have life imprisonment in this country for extortion. If life imprisonment does not stop extortionists because they are getting paid by foreign governments, what will?