Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. I know he worked hard in committee. I would like to take this opportunity to mention that Nicole Martin is in our lobby. My colleagues will understand how lucky we are to have her there.
I would like to ask an even more important question. Does my colleague agree with the opinion—which I hope will one day be the majority opinion—that this law was not necessary, even if we do not deny the existence of terrorist networks? The member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin made this argument well.
Could he speak about certain provisions, not specifics, of course, that already exist in the Criminal Code or in other acts, and that would have enabled us to act in 2001, in response to the events of September 2001, when Anne McLellan introduced a bill to which the Bloc was opposed?
Is it not inherently dishonest to make it seem as though there were not already tools that would have helped us fulfill our duty to provide security at a time when people could represent a threat to national security? Is it not rather appalling, in terms of human rights, to have a bill like this one?
I would like to know what the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin thinks.