Madam Speaker, in 2016, the member was one of the supporters of my private member's bill. I do appreciate his work and co-operation.
I do not think we are here to debate what kind of oath is going to be taken. This is bizarre. We want to find a meaningful way to implement reconciliation properly and make sure actions speak louder than words.
This kind of debate is unfortunate coming from my hon. NDP colleague. Our Constitution protects everyone and our charter of rights is the envy of the world. Between our Constitution and our charter, every right is protected in this country. I do not see any necessity to change the oath of citizenship rather than doing the real work and talking to the people on the ground, talking to the indigenous community and finding concrete solutions that are going to last for the next 152 years in this great nation.