Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to respond briefly, and I won't repeat what I said earlier. While it's true that I have practised as a lawyer—I'm a member of the Bar of Ontario—and I have heard all the legal arguments on both sides, and I'm appreciative of the views that were expressed to us by witnesses and others, and I have examined it from my own perspective as a lawyer, frankly, I'm not here today as a lawyer.
I'm here today as an elected member of Parliament sent here by the people in my electoral district to make decisions. I'm also a member of the government, and I believe this bill does meet all the requirements. I also believe that by exercising the power that we're here to exercise today, we're doing the job we were sent here to do by the people who elected us.
On that basis I appreciate Madame Boivin's comments and the motion we'll be voting against, and I would call the vote.