Mr. Speaker, the member concluded by saying that he supported his colleague's motion not to pass the bill but basically to kill it at this stage. If I recall correctly what he said was that if we cannot make it retroactive, we should just kill it.
There is a step missing. The step missing is to take what steps are necessary to establish the retroactivity and to determine whether or not that can be achieved without running afoul of either justice practices or the charter challenges that may occur. We have the Ontario situation which is presently being reviewed.
The member has gone from if we cannot make it retroactive, let us kill it, but he has not gone to the point at which the bill goes to committee to determine whether retroactivity is there. The member will have the opportunity to kill the bill when the committee stage is finished and the bill comes back to the House at report stage and he is not satisfied.
My question has to do with the member's statement that he does not give a--expletive deleted--about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I cannot imagine any member of Parliament actually saying that in this place. I wonder if the member would confirm that is his position and the position of his party.