Mr. Speaker, we take extortion very seriously in Canada. Extortion with a firearm carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Extortionists think they are not going to get caught. Do members know why that is? It is because we have not given law enforcement the tools they need to catch extortionists. Those tools are in our Bill C-2, but Conservatives do not agree with the bill and will not give our police lawful access tools in order to catch extortionists, so they know they are going to get away with it.