Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Brossard—La Prairie, whose riding is next to mine. He did some excellent work in the Standing Committee on Finance. I am sure that he will do the same in the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Let us take advantage of the fact that he was there when the witnesses gave their presentations when the committee was studying Bill S-9, which we are discussing today.
There was concern about certain sections and that the scope went beyond the minimum recommended to ratify these two international conventions.
Since he attended the witnesses' presentations, I would like him to speak about section 82.6 in particular. It states:
82.6 Everyone who threatens to commit an offence under any of sections 82.3 to 82.5 is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years.
I would like him to talk about the risk of convicting someone who would not in reality be physically capable of committing a nuclear attack.