Mr. Speaker, if only he would listen to a few of his constituents.
This is because of broken laws from the government. Criminals are being let out on the streets after serving only a fraction of their time, and sometimes their time for heinous crimes such as assault is spent in their living room, not even behind bars, thanks to the Liberal government's lackadaisical laws. Conservatives would end these policies. We would end catch-and-release. We would restore jail time for criminals. Across the country, for crying out loud, we would put victims ahead of people who commit crimes.
In my riding, we are not exempt. I have sat down with parents who have lost children to crime. I have sat down with children who have lost parents to crime. This is real in this country, and it is having a devastating effect.
Children's advocacy centres are doing incredible work, but they are insufficiently funded. There is something the government could have made an investment in but instead turned a cold shoulder to. Victims' services received cutbacks. The RCMP received cutbacks. Laws have become weaker. Criminals are being favoured. Why does the government so fundamentally believe that anyone but the victim should be stood up for?
We will continue the good fight. Many justice bills have been put forward from this side of the House calling for greater severity when it comes to heinous crimes and advocating for victims. My own private member's bill is one of them. It called for justice for sexual assault crimes and stood up for victims, making sure they receive what is theirs. We will continue that good fight.
Speaking of fight, we are pleased to see that in this budget implementation act, the government adds a clause to the Broadcasting Act to protect privacy. That is a good job. Sadly, however, Bill C-11 is a horrendous bill, so I must take this opportunity to talk about it.
It is the worst censorship legislation this country has ever seen. It likens us to places like North Korea, China and Turkey, places we would never want to become, because it controls what people can see, say and post online. It puts the government in control of how people use the Internet.
Fortunately, the Liberals have wracked themselves up in this legislation so horrendously that they have taken over two years to figure out how to implement it. Even though it passed in June 2023, it is actually still not in effect because it is such a terrible bill that they do not know what to do with it. The CRTC is confused. Court cases are happening because it is so badly blundered. I celebrate that personally because at the end of the day, it is Canadians who benefit. Bill C-11 should be scrapped altogether. The protection of Canadians' freedoms should be in place.
Budget 2025 shows Canadians exactly what the government truly is. They are the same old Liberals with the same old habits of overspending, overreaching and underdelivering. It is a horrendous budget that would do an incredible disservice to Canadians, and I will be proudly voting no.