Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Liberals, Canadians are not safe anymore. Violent crime is up 55%, gun crime is up 130%, and extortions are up 330%.
Recently, the Swift 1200 radio station in Surrey was shot up, which was allegedly tied to extortion. A Calgary family reached out to me to say their house and business were shot up, and that was also tied to extortion. The Liberals' soft-on-crime policies have turned Canada into a lawless land where violent repeat criminals get bail easily. Liberals are now targeting law-abiding, trained, tested and licenced hunters, farmers and sport shooters in a $750-million gun-grab scheme. Even the Minister of Public Safety admits this scheme does nothing to stop crime and is nothing more than a Liberal, taxpayer-funded vote grab.
The Liberals need to scrap the gun grab now. Instead of hug-a-thug policies, Conservatives have proposed common-sense bills, such as the jail not bail act, which would keep our streets safe. If the Liberals are serious about getting tough on crime, they will pass these bills now to keep Canadians safe.