Yes, Mr. Chair.
Very briefly, the honourable member worked with Minister of Justice John Turner and he was the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the country from 2003 to 2006. If he's so adamant in supporting the government at this stage, why didn't he come up with the legislation when the Liberals were in power for 13 or 14 years? I say that with respect, Mr. Chair, because he keeps saying the same thing: he supports our legislation, he's trying to make it better. Yet it took a majority Conservative government to finally get it to this stage to get it passed.
Bluntly, I have a lot of respect for the man. He's a great professor and an Order of Canada winner and Minister of Justice. But why are we here today and arguing about something he wants to make better if he didn't do it in the first place?