Madam Speaker, I have often heard the members of the Alliance speak in the House and continuously tell Canadians who are watching about the most heinous of cases. If that is their way of ensuring that the children in our society are protected, it is a round about way of getting to the point in my opinion.
How does the member think that bringing out the most heinous cases, thus assuring there is fearmongering in our society, is the way to protect our children? I have two children. The way to do it is to make sure the predators, when they were children, were not victims of the same types of acts. These criminals did not appear out of nowhere. They obviously were children and had families. Most of them, from the research I have done, were abused when they were young. They ended up living a life of abuse and crime, and in the end we are asking to put them away forever.
Yes, it has been proven that most of them are not able to get away from sexual fantasies and being the predators that they have become. There have been laws passed in Canada in recent history. I was a parliamentary secretary in 1997 when we adopted other private members' bills and other legislation to ensure that the courts have the authority to put away the most horrendous of these criminals.
I do not see anything in the legislation before us that assures me, from what the hon. member has said, besides the fearmongering, that our children will be safe in our society. He has not convinced me of that.
What more is in the legislation that will ensure that there will not be more of these sexual predators in society? I believe we have to start with prevention, instead of at the other end.