Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for a very passionate speech. On this side of the House I appreciated some of the passion he contributed. On the other side they needed a cup of coffee to get through it.
Nonetheless, I want to at least note that the issues about cities, municipalities and all those things, on which we have had a lot of discussion in the House of Commons, will not be solved by simply providing something back which should not have been taken in the first place.
I am concerned with the fact that we have so many municipalities in Ontario that are literally looking at double digit tax increases coming up in the fiscal year. I want to ask one quick question related to that and a second one related to the second part of his speech.
First, what types of things should they lock the money in? If the government's intention is to lock this money in municipalities and make them do certain things then what should those things be?
The second and most important question has to do with the racial and ethnic profiling that is happening. I live on the border in Windsor, Ontario. We have watched the United States government fingerprint and photograph our citizens. Doctors, lawyers, professionals and working class people who have employment in the United States have actually been pulled over, fingerprinted and photographed and the government has not spoken up about it yet. When will the government do that for our citizens?