Mr. Chairman, I would like to share my speaking time with my colleague, Mr. Norlock.
First of all, Ms. Block, I would like to commend you for this, because it isn't always easy for a member to pilot a bill of any kind through Parliament. To begin with, it's a lengthy process and, very often, a bill—even a good bill—can die on the Order Paper, as they say, between parliamentary sessions. In this case, it came back to life. I checked the titles and wording of the various bills submitted prior to this one, and in every case the term used was “suicide bombings”. No other term has ever been used.
Furthermore, I would also like to commend the senator, with whom I frequently travelled for activities involving the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He truly is a great gentleman who, I believe, has fought long and hard, as part of the different groups he was associated with, in order to prevent terrorists, whether it be for religious, national or political reasons, from carrying out bombing attacks, and so on. I believe that is the purpose of this bill and that is really what he was seeking to do.
Having said that, on behalf of my colleagues, I would like to confirm that we will be supporting this. I will now turn it over to my colleague, Mr. Norlock.