Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, our once-safe towns and cities are now rife with crime and chaos thanks to the Liberal Prime Minister's radical catch-and-release bail policies that allow dangerous people, lawbreakers, to stay on our streets.
Our worsening public safety record has been made evident by a recent Fraser Institute study comparing our crime stats to those of the U.S.A. The numbers are in. Violent crime is up in Canada and is now exceeding the United States by 14%. There is also property crime, which is exceeding property crime in the U.S.A. by a shocking 27%. All of this is under the watch of the Prime Minister. It is nothing to be proud of.
We used to be proud of our public safety record. We used to think of it as one of our distinguishing features, something that was a source of national pride. That is no more. Canadians deserve to feel safe in their communities. It is time for a common-sense Conservative government that is going to focus on public safety and that is going to bring back safe streets.