Mr. Speaker, I appreciated hearing about the corrections programs.
Actually, our colleague from New Brunswick brought forward the Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act, Bill C-228, which was passed in the House. This is an important concept, and we of course value these individuals and the opportunities they need to change their life.
However, what we are dealing with and hearing about in the House, something that has been going on and on and growing and growing, are the issues around individuals who are being released back into society and who do not have those things. It is on an almost daily or weekly basis that they are returning, so there does need to be some form of ability to keep them off the streets.
Does the member know and understand that minimum sentences were actually legislated in the House by Pierre Elliott Trudeau and complemented by Stephen Harper, and the number of—