In a number of debates in society, we have sometimes seen public opinion shift. We've seen what is held by society at one point in time changed sometimes in five years, in 10 years, in 50 years. We need to be able to have discussions on contentious issues to do that.
One example that came up in this committee's hearing last week was the way that we're discussing gender and sexual identity right now. One of our previous witnesses said that they could actually see a case in which Bill C-9, with the lower threshold for what constitutes hate, could lead to criminal charges against someone for going against whatever the Liberal orthodoxy is on gender.
Would you agree with that concern?