Mr. Speaker, I was a bit dismayed that the member for Winnipeg North did not talk about the mayor of Winnipeg's comments in the last couple of days, in which he talked about “an urgent need for federal bail and sentencing reform” and said that “the bail and sentencing system is not working.” The mayor of Winnipeg talked about a repeat offender who has committed 24 violent crimes over the last 11 years and has violated his bail and probation conditions 12 times.
My first question for the member is, how many strikes does he think this violent repeat offender in Winnipeg should get before he is in jail? The second question is this: He talks about the mythical bail reform bill that is going to come out this fall; is “this fall” before December 12?