Mr. Speaker, what the hon. member opposite just said prompts me to ask a question which has bothered me as I listened to everyone talk.
I am a married man. Therefore my marriage is registered. I wonder if with CPP, Revenue Canada, life insurance, accident insurance and spousal benefits it is not absolutely imperative that these these relationships will have to be registered relationships.
It is inconceivable to me that one could change partners without deregulating it somehow in the same way as if I divorced my wife. None of that is in the act. If we do not have this term in the act, who will register these people? Will it be the provinces? Who will do it? It is not in the act. Unless we have some kind of registry this whole thing will be awry all over the country.