Madam Speaker, I have listened all afternoon to these kinds of tirades about the safety of this country. As we know, Canada faces the very real threat of terrorism, as does the rest of the world. Yet, I hear a Bloc member saying that this legislation, which is intended to renew previous legislation passed by a previous Liberal government, is useless. I have sat in this House for four and a half years. I have listened to that member. I have listened to his colleagues in the Bloc. Not once have they proposed any legislation that would make this country safer when it comes to terrorism.
I challenge that Bloc member to go to his constituents, stand up at a public meeting and say, “I'm not prepared to do anything to protect you against terrorists”. It is a shame. I challenge that member to defend that shameful position in this House again.