Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said, the city needs more police on the streets. We need to look at storefront operations in schools where the police are interacting directly with youth. We need, I think, an increased emphasis on our youth justice committees. The courts needs the proper balance between deterrence and rehabilitation. And I think we have to be very clear that some of the offenders really need some strict interpretation of the law. They have to be punished, and I think we have to look for new and more imaginative programs to rehabilitate them.

I think parents have a responsibility for the behaviour of their children. Too many parents are letting their kids run wild, are not taking any responsibility for their kids, expecting the police and the government to provide all the answers. I think any parent in this city has a very important responsibility to make sure their kids behave in an appropriate way. I think citizens have a responsibility to support the police. You can't always expect the police to do everything for you. People see suspicious things going on, people are ignoring them, people are not taking enough pride in their community.

I think if the police are to deal with this problem, they need the support of everybody in the community. I think it's all of our responsibility to take back control of our cities and to send a message loud and clear that we will not allow our city to be held ransom by attacks on people or on property. We will stamp out any groups that traffic in drugs. The present situation can be reversed if we work together. There is no way that we can surrender our city to punks, whether they operate alone or in a gang. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

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