Mr. Speaker, we know that Liberal bail has unleashed crime and chaos on our streets. Violent crime is up 55% since the Liberals took office, gun crime has soared 130%, homicides are up 30%, sexual assaults are up 76%, hate crimes are up 258% and more Canadians have now died of overdoses than died in the Second World War. The Prime Minister promised criminal justice reform, but half a year later, that promise remains broken.
Liberals are obstructing our jail not bail bill, keeping in place their soft-on-crime, catch-and-release laws. In 2022, Constable Greg Pierzchala was killed by a suspect who had already been denied bail but was released anyway. His death was preventable.
Today, Conservatives are proposing a fast resolution to pass our jail not bail bill immediately to keep Canadians safe.
Will the Liberal government scrap the bail laws or get out of the way so that Conservatives can—