Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Speaker. I only have a minute left so I will encapsulate. At the end of the day, as a loving, compassionate, kind society where tolerance is the signature of Canadians, I think that on this bill, as difficult as it is for some people to embrace, perhaps they ought to embrace it as a way to spread the notion of love, commitment and caring and the expression of love, understanding and tolerance.
I think that at the end of the day the members who oppose this will find 10 years down the line that this has not been a threat to their families or their relationships. They will find that this has not been a threat to their children. They will find that in fact the bill will actually have improved our society and strengthened it in ways that they probably cannot begin to imagine.
I hope that at the end of the day they will look forward to a loving, more caring and tolerant society, one that I am sure we would all support. I think we would agree that it is the signature of our beautiful country, one that we all should be doing more to accomplish.