Mr. Speaker, I hope the member has listened to the many witnesses. Here is one to whom I would like him to pay attention.
Bill C-51, and this is an important reminder, is directed against Islamist jihadists to prevent them from achieving their stated objective of carrying out terrorist threats against the west, including Canada. Our country is facing a serious threat.
—the measures proposed in Bill C-51 to deal with the nature of threats Canada faces are quite rightly and urgently needed....
That was professor Salim Mansur from Western University in Ontario.