Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to the report stage amendments to Bill C-3, an act respecting DNA identification.
It is unfortunate the bill is such a half effort that the Reform Party and the official opposition will not be able to support it in its entirety. The gist of the bill is proper, but it will take a lot of convincing on that side to get me to vote for it. The gist of the bill, the idea of taking DNA samples, is good. The idea of trying to identify and to solve crimes by using DNA, a modern scientific tool, is sound. I just wish the bill had been more thorough and better thought through in terms of how to go about it.
The first grouping of motions under discussion today includes Motions Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5.