Mr. Speaker, it is difficult to accept criticism from the Conservatives when it comes to issues of crime, given their completely lackadaisical approach to protecting Canadians against gun violence. When we look at their record, when they were last in government, they eroded investments at the border, making it easier to have guns illegally smuggled into this country. At every opportunity, they have voted against measures that take assault-style weapons off our streets.
We have put measures in place that ban the kinds of weapons that were used to kill RCMP officers in Moncton, that killed people during the École Polytechnique shooting and that will potentially kill people going forward. We need to take gun crimes seriously.