Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to respond to something Mr. Comartin said, and it has been said a lot during this overall debate over the last little while. What's been said is that because I'm a backbencher, somehow the validity of my introducing this bill isn't there.
I have to say for the record that I am a backbencher. I was elected by the people in my riding. I am their duly elected member of Parliament. I have every right to introduce a private member's bill and I have every right to move it through the process.
It has been very obvious and clear over the last year that this is something I believe in very strongly. I think it's very careful--