Mr. Speaker, as I understand the member's explanation, the request is that the government take a small step to protect children from adult sexual predators by raising the age of consent from its present dangerous level of 14 years old.
I am sure the Liberal members who have presented questions to the opposition members must know the vast majority of their constituents would be in support of this. When I travel through my constituency, whether I talk to people in Princeton, Hope, Merritt or Westbank on this issue, I have yet to run into a constituent who is opposed to this.
The basic statement which reflects the motion is that any government that fails to protect the children of the land from the predators of the land should actually forfeit its right to govern the land. On that basic statement and on the premise of this request today, has the member run into a wall of opposition from the public, from citizens, on this issue? Could she give us some kind of indication if there has been widespread opposition? Whether we agree with technicalities or not this is basic democracy. Has the member run into any groundswell of opposition to this?