Madam Speaker, first, I would like to congratulate the member for Quebec who, last year, introduced an excellent bill concerning female genital mutilation and who then made a very good speech. She continued in the same vein today. Indeed, this is an extremely important bill.
On the subject of the territoriality of legislation, this is an important principle of international law, but one for which there is an increasing number of exceptions. There are, for example, the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, who can be prosecuted anywhere. It is important, and I believe that in this bill the concept of territoriality should be applied.
People who commit infractions outside the country could be prosecuted here, and this is precisely an essential element of this bill. Canadians, not only Canadians citizens, but also residents, refugees and asylum seekers, who commit crimes in another country could be prosecuted in Canada. I believe this is the way to get rid of this reprehensible practice. If the principle of extraterritoriality is not applied, the bill's effect will be too limited and it will not have much significance.