Mr. Speaker, that was an interesting speech but it was given by a member whose party uses Animal Farm as an instruction booklet, not as a critique on government policy. When we talk about irrelevant, it is the NDP.
We have a motion before us dealing with things that Canadians feel are important. They are not the top issue every day. We have had many other important issues, such as the war in Iraq, health care and so on, but the motion today is important.
I had a professional poll conducted in my riding a little while ago and 68% of the people in my riding supported the traditional definition of marriage. The last time the House discussed this issue, members, by an overwhelming majority, felt that Parliament should take all measures necessary to protect the definition of marriage. We are suggesting that it is time to do that.
On the other issue of sexual predators, if people do not think it is important that sexual predators be sent a message, then I say to them that they are not reading the tea leaves and they are not listening to the people.
We need to send a message to the population, to the sexual predators and others, that we mean business in this place and we will not be ignored by the courts or anyone else.