Mr. Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North): Today I'd like to welcome the Police Association of Ontario here on their annual lobby day. I know president Bob Baltin and CAO Bruce Miller are here, and they represent 30,000 uniformed officers here in Ontario. I think there are a lot of things we can do in this House to improve community safety and to make improvements for not only the folks here in Ontario but for people right across the country.

One of those things is to get the legislation that the Harper government has brought forward and stop the obstruction by the opposition. One thing the Liberal Party here in this House can do is to ask their cousins in Ottawa to stop the obstruction we're seeing on some very valuable legislation. Since the beginning of the Parliament in Ottawa, only three of 11 crime bills have actually been passed, because they have been obstructed by the federal cousins of these folks here, right across the floor. For example, C-10, mandatory minimum sentences for serious drug and firearms crimes, has been halted right now, as we speak. Bill C-21, which amends the Firearms Act, has been delayed as well. The age of protection -- protecting children from sexual predators by raising the age from 14 to 16 years of age -- has also been delayed by their federal cousins in Ottawa. If there's anything this government can do to help people in this country and in Ontario today, they can get their federal cousins to stop the obstruction and get this legislation passed to help all Canadians and Ontarians.

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