Thank you, Speaker, and through you: This budget, the budget bill that we’re talking about today, included $13.4 million as part of the Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy. The member for Oshawa will know well the level of investment historically that this government has taken, including this new money that will be going into the good work that the Durham Regional Police Service will be doing with this funding.

Does the member from Oshawa agree that this level of funding for the Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy will continue to have the level of effectiveness in the region of Durham that we’ve known for the last eight years?