Madam Speaker, I take great exception to the member making an analogy between a nuclear bomb and the notwithstanding clause. If we are ever going to send a message to the judiciary that parliamentary supremacy over legislation is meaningful, and if the public at large is going to receive that message as well, there is no better time to use this than at a time when something so offends the common sensibilities of people.
I am trying to get at the basis of why so many members on the other side, including the hon. member, feel so strongly that this is an overreaction. Why is it an overreaction?