I've simply understood that there are no charter issues or problems with the proposed legislation. In terms of quality, one of the most fundamental rights, of course, of a citizen is the right to vote, and obviously things that we do, such as this bill to prevent voter fraud and to prevent people's.... When anybody commits electoral fraud, if somebody is voting wrongly, that affects everybody else's rights. Their right to vote is being diminished by an abuse that's occurring. So by protecting the integrity of the process, we are actually, I believe, reinforcing those rights.
On November 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.