Derek Lee at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On January 29th, 2008. See this statement in context.

January 29th, 2008 / 4:55 p.m.

Liberal

Derek Lee Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River, ON

I'm going to support the amendment, but I can't pass on this opportunity to ask the chair to rule that the inclusion of the concept of trafficking, the inclusion of the concept of importing, and the addition of new sentencing provisions are all within the scope of the bill.

I know that the chair will want to be very careful, because this, I'm sure, will become a useful precedent for the committee in dealing with private member and government bills in the future.

So I'll leave it in the chair's hands. I'm sure he'll make the right decision and we can get to a vote.

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