Mr. Speaker, I am always pleased to participate in private members' business. I hope that one day, we will witness a reform that will allow us to dedicate every Friday to debates among parliamentarians on private members' bills.
When I read our colleague's bill and when my party and I analysed it, we asked ourselves why our colleague wanted to add a new infraction to the Criminal Code—that is the crux of my question—when, quite frankly, it seems that his objectives would be reached quite effectively through section 403 of the Criminal Code?
Can he explain why we should amend the Criminal Code? Why create a new infraction from scratch? Why not use section 403? It clearly states:
Every one who fraudulently personates any person, living or dead,
(a) with intent to gain advantage for himself or another person,
(b) with intent to obtain any property or an interest in any property...
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or an offence punishable on summary conviction
I would like an answer, because I really do not understand why we need this bill, but I know he must have had a good reason for introducing it.