Mr. Speaker, that is a very good question, and I share my colleague's concerns about the Jordan principle, which has even enabled some offenders to avoid trial and prison time.
Why is it taking so long for cases to be heard by the courts? It is because there is a small group of criminals who keep coming back into the system again and again. Why do they keep coming back? It is because they are released. If these criminals were kept in prison, then they would not be back out on the streets committing more crimes, getting arrested and standing trial, consuming court resources.
Let us keep repeat offenders in prison with a “three strikes” law. These criminals will stay in prison for at least 10 years without parole, bail or any other form of release. That will unclog our justice system, so that the courts can hold other trials rather than simply trying the same criminals over and over again.
We need a “three strikes and you're out” law so we do not have to recycle the same group of criminals again and again through the system and cause delays. After three strikes, there is no bail, parole, probation or house arrest, and at least 10 years behind bars.