Madam Speaker, it was really interesting over the course of the hearings to start to unpack the reasons why marriage was the bedrock of our society. As one witness has put it, marriage is society's parent. It is not society's child. Therefore, no one can mess with it, including Parliament and the courts. That speaks directly to the hon. member's point that society benefits hugely from heterosexual marriage.
In the House of Commons on May 8th, 2003. See this statement in context.