Justice committee  And he has.

Justice committee  With the changes we'll see in terms of prosecutions in light of the federal directive, and if there was harmonization by the provinces, do you think that would change that steady rate of infection in Canada?

Justice committee  My question is to Dr. Tyndall. In your remarks, you talked about the seriousness of the risk of transmission. We continue to see a pretty steady rate of new infections and an increase in infections. Would you say that it is, in fact, a public health risk when individuals infected with HIV do not disclose to their partners that they're infected.

Justice committee  Right. Thank you.

Justice committee  The fear is, of course, that a political motivation or changing governments would change what is acceptable and what is not, instead of just having a common standard.

Justice committee  There was reference to section 319 of the Criminal Code and to subsection (3) on defences of public incitement of hatred, I think that concern has been raised that a good faith expression of an opinion based on a religious belief could create an environment whereby someone's legitimate religious beliefs are being suppressed because they don't conform to a narrative if we didn't have a transparent process, depending on the system we adopt.

Justice committee  It's probably too long a question to ask in a short period of time. If, for example, someone were to speak of Israel's right to exist and we had a group saying that was a suppression of the rights of the Palestinian people, we have what both groups believe are fair and legitimate claims to make.

Justice committee  Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today and sharing your perspective with us. It's very troubling to be able to quickly recall a number of devastating developments around the world and here at home that speak to this issue: the recent introduction of unacceptable anti-LGBTQ laws in Brunei that carry the death penalty to be carried out by stoning; the aforementioned misogynistic van attacks that resulted in the death and injury of many people in Toronto; the Christchurch mosque shootings with a white supremacist motivation; the anti-Christian bombings in Sri Lanka, a massacre; the anti-Semitic shootings at a synagogue in California.

Justice committee  Matt, that's a great contribution.

Justice committee  This is great.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, he was making comments when we were speaking as well. The knife cuts both ways.

Justice committee  He was talking about Twitter over there. I could hear him over here and you are closer to him than I am.

Justice committee  Like he changes his socks.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I have just a couple of things. On the rule of law being intact as a determination that was made at this committee, we had witnesses appear. We had judges appear. We had attorneys general who have contributed to the conversation across party lines, who were very alarmed about the subject that was the study of this committee.

Justice committee  Thank you.