Mr. Speaker, I can appreciate the leader of the Conservative Party has opted to have this as a free vote within the Conservative Party. Listening to the member opposite, particularly as he was winding up his comments, makes it fairly clear that he is going to be voting against the legislation. If I am wrong in my interpretation, I would ask him to let me know.
I want to get his thoughts with respect to this. This is not a bill that appeared out of nowhere. This is a bill, as the Minister of Diversity and other ministers have made reference to, that has engaged Canadians in a very real and tangible way. I wonder if he might be discarding that very important aspect of the legislation by just throwing it out.