Mr. Speaker, it is in the name of my own mother, who was a mother and a grandmother, and in view of the progress being made in the changing family unit nowadays, that I support the spirit of this motion.
The family is a changing unit in 1995. Certainly from my own perspective, I have to pay a special tribute to my mother who prevailed upon me to make sure I got my views on this issue on the record. From the perspective of my daughter, my mother has been an invaluable role model and a very important anchor in a changing world. I understand the difficulty sometimes of legislating familial relationships. Obviously the best interest of the child has to be the guiding principle in any dispute of a familial nature, but the spirit of this legislation is worth supporting.