Mr. Speaker, it was my colleague's petition that sent so many of those letters to all of us as members of Parliament, strongly advocating. Their writing and their letters work. I want to thank my colleague for doing that.
By thanking him, I am showing that I am willing to work across party lines. I think we agree. I think that there are people in all parties who agree. The government was moving forward and consulting and I had this opportunity, when my private member's bill came up, to grab the reins and move forward on this legislation.
It will be as binding as any law that was passed by the government. I do hope that, with co-operation, we can move things through as fast as possible.
I look forward to getting this to committee as quickly as possible where we can continue studying it.