Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to my colleagues as well.
Mr. Chair, I want to remind my colleagues of one thing. When this bill was tabled, the intent was very clear: we must reward those who give their lives to protect Canadian values; on the other side, those who participate in destruction of those values must pay the price for that. As far as the intent is concerned, since the tabling of this bill, in the House and outside the House, in public and in private, I have been very clear that I am very open to any amendment that will strengthen the intent of my bill. While I'm reading about and watching all the events, I'm of the strong view now that Canadians who commit acts of terror clearly demonstrate that they reject the value of Canadian citizenship and they have absolutely no interest in citizenship.
As far as the scope of the bill is concerned, Mr. Chair, since the beginning in this committee, and as a matter of fact in the House, during the second reading, all parties have been talking about terrorism. We have been discussing terrorism. All three parties had an opportunity and made some proposals on this. As a matter of fact, we seldom talked about the first part of the bill; most of the time we talked about the second part of the bill and terrorism. That's what happened in the committee.
I once again want to reiterate that this bill was conceived and introduced by me. It is meant to amend the Citizenship Act, as the title says.