Mr. Speaker, yesterday the leader of the official opposition made a baffling statement about the issue of civil marriage. He suggested that Parliament could deny extending civil marriage without invoking the notwithstanding clause. He further implied the provinces could create civil unions for gays and lesbians and that the Supreme Court of Canada would probably endorse this separate but unequal model.
This issue deserves truth and clarity, not rhetoric. Could the hon. Minister of Justice please respond to the legal musings of the leader of the official opposition?