Mr. Speaker, April 26, 1999. That's an important date for Canadians. That's the date the Liberal government encouraged more judges and lawyers to decide on the issue of whether or not the possession of child pornography is illegal.
Yes, instead of standing up in the House of Commons and providing assurances that the possession of child pornography is illegal, this Liberal government failed to express the will of the majority of Canadians.
I ask all interested Canadians to be at that appeal hearing in Vancouver. If Liberal members of parliament will not stand up for you then perhaps the presence at the appeal hearing will send a clear message that this will not be tolerated.
Why is it that the Liberal politicians during election campaigns will stand up in front of Canadians and tell them what they want to hear and yet when they arrive in the House of Commons they do what the Prime Minister and his cabinet want them to do?
Let us send a critical message. Politicians should make laws, not judges.