Mr. Speaker, one of the subject matters that has been debated today has been the issue of the balancing of equality rights and religious freedoms within the charter. I wonder if the member would care to speculate whether or not there will be a challenge coming before the courts to religious groups who deny marriage to same-sex couples on the basis that the equality provisions of the charter trump religious beliefs.
In the House of Commons on June 27th, 2005. See this statement in context.