Okay. I apologize if I've offended anybody, Mr. Chair. I guess I wanted to explain why I'm passionate about this.
At any rate, it is something that we actually control. We have a sense right now, a moment, to pass legislation that includes this element, which is the appropriate vehicle to do so. It has left open that opportunity in terms of what's been presented. A lot of things have been closed to us. That's why I've being going through some of the amendments that I had previously. They have had some problems, which the chair has overruled, so I've let them go on that. But on this one I'm not letting go, in the sense that I believe this is one of the reasons why I'm here in Parliament.
I have a son and daughter of mixed race and they see it themselves, through their lives. We still haven't gotten past this. It's still an issue. I've grown up with it. It's going to be my 20th wedding anniversary tomorrow, and I remember the days of holding hands with my spouse and having people stare at us. That's a modest issue in terms of the discrimination that's faced out there. It doesn't count—