day. different groups appointed as criminal and given records of criminality when they have not even gone to the prosecutors. they have not been judged and they are accused. the army should go back to their headquarters as soon as possible. unfortunately, we are not moving fast enough in building the police force we need. to me to be criminals and to enforce the law. by the way, it is not this, which is enforcement, or a different strategy.

it is not to choose one or the other. we have to add strategies so that we can move faster to get out of this trap. we have to create police courts , 350,000 police courts. most of them are on the municipal level. many of them are on the state level. a few of them are on the state level. the idea is to have one strong body and institution to carry on with the duty of enforcing the law. we are talking about integrating those police courts. we have 2900 different municipal police courts that account for over 300,000 people in those courts who are going to go up to

the state level. how long will that process take? the only thing i am saying is that we have to work fast on this. the one thing i learned here -- in mexico this issue is highly politicized. you see the guy bringing in his friends and what he thinks are the experts in the appointments. he brings in new people. there is no seniority. zation of thealize as courts. i liked what i saw here, which is many sheriffs elected directly by the people.

with no partisan participation. just people directly electing the share of -- sherrif. that has become a professional career. all of those professionals offer their services to become a shaerrif. building the reliable pleas court we need is an absolute urgency in mexico. -- reliable police course we need is an absolute urgency in mexico. -- police court we need is an absolute urgency in mexico. the european union wants to make their own decisions and to

legitimize portugal. that is an option we have there. at the end, the most important one is building opportunities. we have to review what is not done. that is totally dormant at this point in time. to move our economies. to make our three economies competitive. to protect our jobs here in the united states and in canada and in mexico. all three of us are losing jobs to the east. our reaction should be a powerful new vision of nafta so that we build up opportunities. also, the case of migration. thinking that by building walls the problem of migration is

going to be solved is a great mistake. like prohibition was, walls don't work. we can do much better by sitting down and discussing which should be the strategy for immigration. -- we should sit down and discuss immigration. it got put a wall up 20 feet high. -- this guy put up a wall 20 feet high. it is incredible. it is nonsense. a 200 year old democracy that gave us so much inspiration. that gave us so many good ideas. it is incredible they cannot come to an agreement. it is like the cat and the duck.

no solution for the economy. when this nation does not have a solution, the economy of the united states -- we are in trouble in mexico. that would be a good way to solve the problem of violence and drugs, by growing the economy and by extending the jobs and opportunities to more and more people. it has to do with opportunities for kids that today do not have them. mexico is going to elect a new president next year. i hope that the ineffectiveness at this moment in the democracy

of the united states, that in the case of mexico, democracy will be a refreshing and solid value that comes with answers when you need them most. i do hope that this process will bring in new ideas to confront the problem of crime and drugs. it will also bring new strategies and new public policies -- new strategies and new public policies like happened in iraq. when obama came in, he changed it. he promoted the withdrawal. i think mexico can find a way out of this trapped in the next

electoral process. that is my best wishes, for that to happen. otherwise, we are not going to be there for the future. mexico is one of the leading nations, one of the great nations to invest in. we have to come back to our past. in five years, we lost leadership in latin america. in my term, the mexican economy was 25% larger than the brazilian economic. today, the brazilian economy is 50% larger than the mexican economy. we are seeing everybody else run and grow. we are stagnant and with a future of going nowhere.

with this idea, i finished. i would love to hear from you. [applause] >> 6 republican presidential candidates travel to iowa. watch live coverage of herman cain, newt gingrich, rick santorum, ron paul, and michele bachmann starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern today on c-span's "road to the white house." >> tomorrow on "washington journal," the future of libya. alex lawson has details on the government announcement that social security recipients will get a 3% increase in benefits. and a political roundtable on the latest developments in the

2012 presidential campaign. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday on "newsmakers," senator tom harkin will talk about the recent work on the no child left behind act and the jobs legislation. that is at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, highlights from question period in the canadian house of commons. from ottawa, this 25 minute program is courtesy of cpac, canada's public affairs channel.

>> when is the prime minister going to get the message? >> all canadians have the right to peacefully expressed their views. canada does not have the degree of economic inequality that we are seeing in other countries. we have a progressive tax system that favors the vulnerable in this country. we have universal health care. there is a great deal of difference between what we put in front of canadians. they should be thankful for them, mr. speaker. >> the leader of the opposition.

>> inequality is growing in canada. the middle-class is paying more and more. people are fed up. the finance minister is saying all this good, all is well. move along. why want to the prime minister listen to them and cancel his tax cuts? [applause] >> as part of our economic action plan, we put in place reductions in taxes for all canadians. we have taken almost 1 million low income canadians completely off of the tax rolls. we have 650,000 more canadians working than at the end of the recession. the economic action plan is

working for canadians. i would remind everyone that the ndp will regain every aspect of that. [applause] >> the honorable member for dartmouth. >> this government has a track record as a bad negotiator. i am afraid they are at it again. with respect to the canada-year trade negotiations, people are saying canada will -- canada-eu trade negotiations, people are saying canada will come out badly. why does the government negotiate bad trade deals that put jobs at risk? >> mr. speaker, trade negotiations with european union is the most important trade initiative since the signing of the historic north american free

trade agreement. the trade agreement with the eu will increase two way trade by 20%. this will create jobs and economic growth for canadians in all regions of the country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. unfortunately, that is a wish list. we have got to see this government stand up for ordinary canadians. by caving to thomas took a companies, the conservatives are driving up health care cost -- by caving to pharmaceutical companies, the conservatives are driving up health care costs by 20%. why is this out of touch government negotiating deals that would put the health care of canadians at risk?

>> mr. speaker, the benefits to canadians are clear. the trade agreement with european union's -- with the european union will increase trade by 20%. this government always protect and advances canada's interests and will only enter into an agreement that is in the best interests of canadians. >> mr. speaker, over the past 10 years, 30% of the gains our economy has made have gone to the richest 1% of canadians. that is the result of the tax policy of conservatives and the liberals before them. the middle-class is being made poorer. the gap between rich and poor is growing wider. billions in tax cuts are going to the largest businesses with

the biggest profits. is the prime minister aware of the inequality he is creating in canada? >> mr. speaker, we have reduced taxes for all canadians from all classes. in every case, the ndp has voted against those tax cuts, including for the poor. the canadian economy has created over 650,000 jobs since the recession. that is the best performance in the developed world, mr. speaker. that is how we are ensuring that canadians are participating in the economy and the economic recovery. >> mr. speaker, the government is laughing at canadians when they say 650,000 new jobs have been created since the recession. the prime minister knows that

full well. that is why the unemployment rate is higher now than before the recession. the employment rate is shrinking. when will the prime minister quit deceiving people and tell us the truth? where is the job creation plan. [applause] >> mr. speaker, i have given the accurate figures. everyone knows this. before this house, we have other measures to further increase job creation. last night, the ndp voted against those measures to create jobs. >> when it stands up and votes against job creation measures, it is not just opposed to occupy the house. it is supposed to do something. [applause] >> one practical step that could

be taken to deal with the lack of progress of this in the tax system -- which was referred to yesterday as a big plus for canada -- would be to make the non-refundable tax credits refundable. they applied to kids who are on the margins. their parents are so poor they cannot pay taxes. why what the prime minister change the bill before the house? >> the right honorable prime minister. >> it is interesting to hear the ndp call for the embellishment of the tax credits they voted against. [laughter] there are a number of additional tax reduction measures before the house that are important to

small businesses and job creation across this country. they are strongly supported by stakeholders. i would advise the ndp to stop opposing those measures. >> in spite of the prime minister's confusion, the conservative party, when they had the opportunity to make a change, to make the tax system much more progressive, they clearly do not want to do it. i repeat in french the same question. why not give tax credits to the poorest canadians? that would make the system more progressive, mr. speaker. that is what needs doing. the right honorable prime minister. >> the leader of the liberal party is talking about tax credits. that they voted against.

these are important measures for canadian families. there are other important measures before the house now to create jobs and for the business community and for small business. i encourage the liberal party to change its position and support these tax credits that are important to canadian families. >> the prime minister's position becomes even less understandable when the american ambassador announced today at lunch that there would be no change in buy america. we have a thickening of the border. we have continuing attacks on the canadian economy. at that moment, the prime minister decides to make the biggest unilateral trade concessions it can make to a party that has been trying to get rid of the poor for 15

years. >> the logic of the liberal party is that because the americans want to buy certain products in the united states, we should not allow canadian farmers to sell their own products. the liberal party should ask itself why it doesn't have a single representative in western canada. it does not listen to western farmers. this is something western farmers have been meeting in demanding for decades. [applause] >> mr. speaker, i learned last week some of the details on the plot by iran to assassinate the ambassador to washington. the plot was foiled this time. the threat iran poses remains. please inform this house about

measures canada is taking to respond to iran's latest affront to international law? >> i want to thank my colleague for the question. canada finds iran's actions absolutely unacceptable. we condemn them without reservation. we worked with our international partners in considering the consequences. we are considering sanctions on five iranian nationals. these are on top of sanctions already in place against iran. the regime in teheran represents the most significant threats in the world to global peace and security. >> the canadian beaver will bite off its own testicales when it is threatened and offer them up for its enemies.

whether it is on lumber or the canadian wheat, why is our government so willing and eager to unilaterally surrender what little trade advantages we have? whose side are they on? why is there no canadian interest? [applause] >> the honorable minister of agriculture. >> it is an interesting metaphor. the member from winnipeg is impotent to stand in the way. [applause] >> order. order. order. i know it is wednesday. order. the honorable member from toronto. order, please.

>> on a slightly different:, as the and -- of a slightly different tone, the honorable member said he has been support of the farmers. if the prime minister is so confident that he has that support, why will he put this in a plebiscites? w? we had a referendum. why not have a plebiscite? >> the right honorable prime minister. >> i cannot let go of the earlier exchange. i just hope the member from winnipeg's bark is not as bad as his bite. [laughter] in terms of the question put

by the honorable member, we have a democratic mandate from western canadian farmers. their view is well known. they favored tool marketing. the only way the democratic majority does not understand that is that they do not have members in western canada. >> i would like to ask another question of the prime minister. i am sure that after the ambassador said -- after what the prime minister said, the prime minister called president obama to discuss this issue and other issues where canada is facing serious discrimination by u.s. protectionism. can the prime minister tell us what president obama said when he spoke to him yesterday?

the right honorable prime minister. >> we speak regularly with our american counterparts. they know our position on buy america. protectionism is an obstacle to growth and not and aid. we encourage our partners to avoid such measures. >> the government has come up with is completely unrealistic number of $7.6 million as the cost to change the criminal code. there is no person in the field who believe these numbers. just at the moment that the american conservative movement is realizing how wrong this path is and how it is not achieving

any of the results it once, why is the prime minister taking this country down that same path? >> mr. speaker, i completely disagree with the premise of that question. oins rates areed higher. these numbers have been provided to parliament on multiple occasions. it does not matter if the democratic party believes them. those are the numbers. >> even the government's friends say they have all but another deal. today we heard that the conservatives have continue to mess up the relations with the u.s. another round of u.s. stimulus hazmat can that is being excluded.

conservatives -- another round means thatm stimulus canada is being excluded. every time the conservatives made a deal, canada loses. when will they stop holding on trade negotiations and start standing up for canadians? >> the honorable minister of international trade. >> i was in washington dealing with my counterpart, meeting with key decision makers, business people in the united states. in these challenging times, a trade policy is the best way to create jobs on both sides of the border. we will continue to demands for the removal of buy america measures, protectionist measures are a danger to our fragile global and economic recovery. >> the member for pontiac.

mr. speaker, the weakness of his answer shows how weak they are at the bargaining table. canada is negotiating an economic agreement with the european union that threatens to disrupt dairy and cheese markets with arrivals of product from a market with 650 million people. our system has been working efficiently for 50 years. it is in jeopardy. will this government take supply management off of the bargaining table and protect families that depend on this industry? the minister of international trade. >> we are standing up for supply management. we are defending supply management. we are standing up for the farmers and their families in this country. the ndp is opposed to trade.