Thank you so much.
I want to let everybody know here that this is not enjoyable for me. Humanity was one of the things that was brought up, and one of the things I know about it is that when you strip people of their humanity, you can justify the most unjustifiable acts.
I know, just from my own history, what that looks like on the ground. I worry about somebody getting killed, which is why I was really supportive of this study.
I want to go back to the dangers of imposing the notwithstanding clause and feeding into social conservatism. I know there have been petitions tabled on the floor of the House of Commons denying the right to access bathrooms in the name of women's and girls' rights.
Is this a growing risk? I don't think I'm being paranoid, which is why I think....just because I see it happen in real time.
What can we do as legislators to protect our Canadian charter, which is currently under attack in the name of so-called freedom? I call it "freedom for some and not for others".
Can you answer that?