Mr. Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North): I stand in the House today to raise an important issue: the lack of attention by the McGuinty Liberals to community safety since their election in October 2003. Bills have been introduced by Minister Kwinter --

Interjection.

Mr. Dunlop: Very similar to agriculture, the lack of attention.

But none of these bills have been passed. None of these bills have received even one second of debate time in the Ontario Legislature: 17 months, and not one second of debate. As community safety and corrections critic, I look forward to the opportunity to debate Bill 110, Bill 128 and Bill 159, but I don't think the government has any idea whatsoever of bringing this forward.

Announcements have been made by Monte Kwinter, but almost every one of these announcements is what I like to call a zero-dollar announcement: It involves no money whatsoever, but it sounds good. Take, for example, the Premier's announcement back in October. That's the one about adding 1,000 new police officers. Not only is there no dollar amount in it; there's no mention of when we'll see even one of these new officers on the street. It appears that the McGuinty government has written off both the policing and firefighting communities, choosing instead to focus on areas like bringing your own wine to restaurants.

Minister Kwinter's stalling tactics are starting to wear thin on the stakeholders for which he is responsible. These people are tired of being stuck at the back of the bus when it comes to the priorities of the McGuinty government. So now that the House is back in session, let's hear some law-and-order bills debated, and let's hear some real announcements, like adding the 1,000 new police officers that this government promised in their election platform.