Mr. Speaker, this issue goes to the issue of freedom of speech in Canada. If we or any other member of the population of Canada are not free to speak our mind, if we are going to be shut down and censored, that is absolutely and totally unconscionable in the democracy of Canada. This cannot stand.
If this is referred to the procedure and House affairs committee, the matter will be dragged out which might be to the benefit of certain people who have ulterior political motives. More importantly these people who have very simply spoken their minds will then be dragged through a very long, arduous procedure, and for what effect?
It is absolutely unconscionable that we could possibly be voting in favour of a motion to turn this over to procedure and House affairs. We must at all cost stand up for the principle of freedom of speech and democracy.