Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, drugs and the criminal activity associated with drugs are ravaging our communities. All communities large and small are feeling the effects, Mr. Speaker. We've heard that loud and clear from Members in this House many times. We have legislation being considered to provide additional tools in our fight to deal with this dire situation:
The safer communities and neighbourhoods legislation, allowing residents to make confidential complaints to investigators on illegal activity;
The civil forfeiture legislation, designed to recover proceeds and instruments used to facilitate crime;
Mr. Speaker, the trespass legislation to protect landowners from trespassers by deferring potential criminal behaviour or inadvertent damages that trespassers may cause; and, Mr. Speaker,
Reviewing the Residential Tenancies Act give it the teeth required to assist in dealing with this illegal activity.
Moving this legislation forward as quickly as possible is paramount in our fight to deal with this problem. If there was ever a time to fast track legislation, Mr. Speaker, and put put all the resources necessary to expedite our process, this is it.
This is no time to drag our feet, Mr. Speaker. We need to move timelines up. We need to pull out all the stops. This is a key part of the mandate of this government, Mr. Speaker, and all of us in this House. Let's get it done. Let's let the residents know we are serious about dealing with drugs and crime in our communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Inuvik Boot Lake. Member from Monfwi.
