Mr. Speaker, I do not know what is worse, the minister for crime reduction blaming the provinces for enforcing bad bail laws or the justice minister making witty statements like “extortion is illegal”. Anyone with a fifth grade education or higher knows that.
The problem is that extortion is up 357%, and violent extortionists get out on bail almost the next day. That is the problem, not that extortion is illegal. Everyone knows that.
The real question is this: Are the Liberals actually going to do something? The minister is saying they will do something in the fall, so it is a summer of free crime. Canadians need changes now. Will the Liberals do it, yes or no?