Hon Mr Bryant: I thank the members for Oshawa, Mississauga South, Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford and Niagara Centre for their comments. Did I get everybody?
A couple of things in two minutes. As to the allegation of a quick fix, this isn’t a quick fix; this is a permanent fix. This isn’t quick. This is done — banned, banned. There won’t be any pit bull incidents. There won’t be any significant pit bull incidents. There won’t be a number of pit bull incidents if you ban them because there won’t be any of them. So it’s not a quick fix; it’s a permanent fix. The member for Niagara Centre asked if it’s effective. It’s effective. As I said, in Winnipeg: 30 pit bull incidents a year; today zero, pretty much. There’s no doubt that it’s effective and there’s no doubt it’s a fix. The debate before us is a serious debate. I say to my friend Mr Peterson that he’s right; it’s not an easy decision. It’s the exception to the rule but it’s an important one. It is effective. It will make our communities safer. There’s no doubt that our communities will be safer. The question was whether or not the exception is here. I’ve tried to present the evidence tha
