Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister is going to spend millions, if not billions, of taxpayers' dollars to confiscate the property of the good guys, law-abiding firearms owners, instead of going after the bad guys. Liberal laws have actually led to more gun crime. Incredibly, gun crime is up 130% under the government. Licensed firearms owners follow the rules, unlike the violent criminals shooting up the streets with smuggled guns, who are then released on Liberal bail over and over again.
In Cape Breton, the Liberals are spending $103,000 taken from taxpayers, just in administration fees, to confiscate 200 firearms from vetted, law-abiding gun owners. It is clear to Conservatives, Canadians, police and even the Liberals' public safety minister that this gun grab will not make us safer, will not keep criminals in jail and will not stop smuggled guns from coming into Canada.
Liberals need to do the right thing and end this waste of taxpayers' dollars.