Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has expressed the sentiments that all members of parliament have expressed throughout this debate, and that is our abhorrence with the issue of child pornography.
The member is trying to suggest that this issue is all to do with abhorrence of child pornography. He stated that because of the Sharpe decision everything is free form now in B.C. That is not the case. That is not advising the House of the real facts.
The fact is that in current cases before the courts adjournments are being sought. The police are also continuing to pursue their investigations and to lay charges. The B.C. attorney general has asked that the appeal be expedited.
The member will know this is an issue of process and I want him to comment on the process. The notwithstanding clause, which the Reform Party is suggesting will be the solution to all the problems, only deals, as he should know and I do not think he does, with cases from today forward or from the point of invocation forward. It does not deal with the Sharpe case. That appeal must proceed to deal with the Sharpe case. The federal government will be party to that appeal and we will vigorously defend the rights of children and the laws of Canada.
The member must clarify he fully understands that this is about process, about the integrity of our system of laws and courts and the application of the notwithstanding clause, and not with regard to simply abhorrence of child abuse.