Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Storseth. It's good to see you here today.
I'm going to ask you to comment. Have you seen the submissions on this from the Canadian Bar Association? I'm not sure if you have. If you have not, I'm going to read you a passage.
The Canadian Bar Association made a submission with what I think is fairly inflammatory rhetoric on this issue. What they say is that if section 13 is repealed, “Canadians can expect to be subjected to a plethora of hateful messages and communications, and a corresponding loss of civility, tolerance and respect in Canadian society”.
There's no factual basis behind that. I find that to be a rather shocking statement.
You have extensively studied this. I wonder if you could comment on that and on whether you agree or disagree with that submission.