Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, in which he talked about something that is indeed worrisome. We are once again taking a step backwards at a time when we are talking about the fact that a lot of guns and drugs are getting across the border and when we should be strengthening border measures. My colleague from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia spoke at length about this in her speech.
Like my colleague, I commend Mr. Fortin, who I had the opportunity to meet many times when I was a political attaché and we worked together to fight the cuts to border services. That was when a Conservative government was making cuts, but the current Liberal government should be more concerned about what is happening at the border. We are talking about guns and tainted drugs. That is a big deal. We know that there is also another challenge on the horizon. I was interviewed about this last week, in fact. The mayors of the border towns are concerned about the migrants who are coming. They are worried.
What message are we sending when we cut border services at the very same time? I share my colleague's opinion, but I would like to know why, with all these challenges, we are still facing cuts when we should be investing more?