Mr. Speaker, small business owners used to say that their biggest worry was making payroll. Now it is keeping their doors from being kicked in.
In Vancouver, a restaurant owner, Foz, has been hit so many times by break-ins that the latest one looked like something out of a bad comic book. The thief came dressed as Spider-Man with a knife in this hand, but there was nothing funny about it. His staff are scared to come to work. He has lost over $100,000, and he has stopped calling the police, because every time he does, the same people are back on the street before the paperwork is even done.
This has happened because the Liberals brought in soft-on-crime bail laws that turn revolving doors into escape hatches. Criminals walk free while honest Canadians pay the price in fear, in lost income and in shattered confidence.
Canadians deserve better. We need to keep repeat violent offenders off our streets and give people the confidence to open their doors again. It is time to restore safety, restore fairness and bring back common sense to our justice system.