Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from across the way for a very informative speech this afternoon. My question has to deal with the deterrent values, or at least the potential deterrent values, built into this legislation.
A number of the new classifications for criminal terrorist activities or advising others to commit terrorist activities, now bring with them the potential for life imprisonment in Canada.
Does my colleague believe that this type of deterrent would be successful with terrorists who clearly have shown in the past no appreciation for the value of human life? In particular, we might need to look at legislation that would more speedily extradite and/or deport individuals back to their countries.
Many people would view life imprisonment in Canada's prisons as a step up from what they are used to in their home countries. Therefore, I am a little concerned whether the deterrents would provide the effect for which we are looking.