Well, what I'm discussing here is the way in which section 13 has been practically dealt with by the Canadian Human Rights Commission itself. It's not just my comments or my words for it, as has been stated by Mr. Seeback. Dr. Moon, who was appointed by the commission itself to study section 13 and study all these aspects we've been talking about, came back and actually recommended that section 13 should be repealed and that the Criminal Code of Canada should be beefed up so that this can be dealt with under the Criminal Code.
I think it's important to note that in my legislation I've taken into account the fact that.... You know, I'm not saying that I have a prescriptive “this is the only way forward to do it”. I've said that I'm open to some technical amendments the government is looking at should they fall within the spirit of the legislation. I put a one-year implementation period into this bill because I realize it's not my job as a private member to make the adjustments to the Criminal Code. That's the job of the Government of Canada and the Minister of Justice. So I put a one-year implementation period in there, through consultation with people in the field, to give us the ability and the time to make sure that the Criminal Code is exactly where we need it to be so that we can look after these cases in the serious manner in which they deserve to be looked at.