Mr. Speaker, it looks like the Minister of Public Safety accidentally told the truth. Yesterday we learned, through leaked audio, that the minister privately acknowledged what Conservatives have been saying publicly for years, which is that the Liberals' attack on law-abiding firearm owners with their gun confiscation scheme is politically motivated and will do nothing for public safety. It is completely unenforceable and a giant waste of nearly $1 billion of taxpayer money, at a time when violent crime has surged and gun crime, in particular, under the Liberal government, is up 130%.
We already know that the minister does not know what an RPAL is and that he does not know that his own government decriminalized hard drugs in B.C. How many more failures, scandals and embarrassing moments does one man need to have before Canadians get a new Minister of Public Safety?