Madam Speaker, I listened quite closely and agree with the hon. member on many of the issues she brought forward in her speech. I did have some idea in 1993 that these issues would probably come before the House of Commons. I have seen the country deteriorate on the morality aspect so badly in the last few years. It was one of the reasons I got into politics.
I cannot believe some of the comments I have heard here from some members of the House. In regard to these issues, I have heard members say it is not a concern in their areas or maybe not a concern in Canada and that they are red flag issues, that we are trying to stir up things and that it is not as big a problem as we say it is. I will stand here and say all these issues are, if not the number one concern, certainly in the top two or three anywhere I have travelled in Canada.
I have to ask the hon. member a question. I came here with the understanding, and I was led to this belief even through school, that the House of Commons is the highest court in Canada, that we were here to make the laws and the courts were to interpret them and if we did not like the courts' interpretation of the laws, we were to stop it and change the laws. I would like to know how the member feels about this. As I see it, we have a government today that has passed the buck, so to speak, so that it does not take any heat. The government likes to say that it is the unaccountable judges who are making the decisions so the government does not have to stand up and take the heat in the country for what it deserves.
This is the highest court in the land and we, the members of Parliament, have to be held accountable for decisions the judges make.