I think the member owes an apology to the people I had talked about in my discussions with the witnesses.
I can tell the honourable member that my family started coming to this country in 1955. If my family decides and if the people who have built this country, who've sacrificed so much to build this country, decide differently than that honourable member, have different feelings than that honourable member, and choose to express them through me as the elected member of Parliament, not only for the riding of Oak Ridges--Markham but as somebody who represents a great number of people of Italian heritage in the Toronto area, they should not be insulted. Their word should not be considered bush league. He should consider that they have feelings, perhaps different feelings than he has. He should perhaps reflect on that, and reflect on the fact that we are elected, and we may have different desires and we may have different things we want to push here, but ultimately we have to respect the fact that each of us has the opportunity, by virtue of the fact that we're elected, to push things that are important to us.
As I said as I began, Mr. Chair, this is obviously an extraordinarily emotional discussion for me. To suggest that it's not going to be something that causes frustration or anger at some point is completely wrong.