Mr. Speaker, as we try to put some logic and common sense into some of the bills before the House, I hear once again from the government side the argument about the legal community and the Canadian Bar Association, but I do not hear the argument on behalf of victims, victims' rights and the law-abiding Canadian citizen.
I wonder what the member opposite thinks about the notwithstanding clause in the Constitution. Notwithstanding the comments he has made about the Constitution, why could this government not stand up for a change and say “Notwithstanding what we perceive might be a problem, we are going to proceed in this way and we are going to take DNA samples at the time we have an accused”?