Mr. Speaker, rushing into legislation is obviously never a good thing, but the epidemic of violent crime against people is not new. We have known this for many years. The government has had ample opportunity over the last five months to introduce legislation. My colleagues on this side of the House have been talking about it daily.
Conservatives are not rushing into this. We know what the problem is and how to fix it. We need perpetrators such as Daniel Senecal to stay in jail, not get out early. We need him to serve his sentence, serve a longer sentence and never again have the opportunity to assault a little girl as he did in my community.