Mr. Speaker, the hon. member can be assured that Parliament has the competence to enact whatever law it wishes subject only to the limits imposed by the Constitution and the charter of rights.
We were discussing the roles and missions of Parliament. The correct arena for the honourable member would be to take up with the House justice committee the question of possible amendments to the Criminal Code in terms of the offence of sedition. That would be a correct route to take and to present reasoned amendments.
It is not for Parliament itself to go backwards to the 17th century and try to set up a parallel system of criminal law covering matters that are properly within the ambit of the Criminal Code.
The member should go to the justice committee if he has views on this and present a project for amendment and see what happens. This is not the correct arena.