Mr. Speaker, I just have one question for my colleague across the way.
We pay attention to the police association because we know the police are out there dealing with criminals every day. I do not believe judges should be making political statements either. They are supposed to be judges and should not be commenting on this type of thing.
Let me ask about the charter of rights because the member talks about that. The charter of rights allows us to fingerprint people. If people get arrested their fingerprints are taken. The charter of rights allows blood to be taken from people if the police think they are impaired.
Why does the member think this would be any different? DNA is as simple as putting some saliva on a piece of card and taking a blood sample. It is a very simple thing to do. It does not affect anyone's rights. We have to be charged and arrested to get it done. It certainly will save a lot more people. We can put protections in there to make sure that if one is acquitted it can be eliminated. There can be a lot of ways to remove this, if there is concern about that.
It is interesting. Our fingerprints are taken for a passport. That is now in the system so if people commit a crime they can be picked up right away. They have done it for a simple reason, to get a visa to go to the United States or somewhere.
We do a lot of things in life. Those of us who are not involved in criminal activity do not mind our blood being taken and do not mind fingerprints being taken for travel documents. I would not mind having my DNA somewhere either.
It seems we are more concerned about protecting criminals than we are about people.