Mr. Speaker, I know the member for Yukon and the work he has done on a whole series of children's rights issues.
The last two initials that have been added to the long string of letters that we now identify as communities are “2S”, or two-spirited. One of the great things about being a parliamentarian is how much detail we get to learn about other parts of the country and other people who make up this great country. The indigenous community, with the concept of two-spirited people, has really raised the bar. The notion that being different makes someone special is always a little awkward, but it gives a person something else. The sense that a person has two spirits and is therefore regarded within a community as exceptionally spiritual really turns this issue on its head.
When we celebrate our children for who they are, they do better, and we do better as a country when we celebrate that love, so let us do this and get the bill passed.