My colleague Mr. Mendicino was just talking about situations such as that of Mr. Charkaoui, who made public statements this winter or last fall, statements whose exact content I don't remember, but which were tantamount to asking Allah to kill all Jews, without forgetting any of them. We were somewhat shocked by that and we wondered whether Mr. Charkaoui could have been prosecuted and found guilty without this defence under section 319 of the Criminal Code.
I understand that you don't have a particular opinion on whether this type of exception encourages hate speech.
Can you hear the interpretation, Ms. Bisla? I'm speaking to you.