Mr. Speaker, the government is not looking for a rubber stamp from the Conservative opposition. We would like to ultimately see the legislation go to committee.
Just to highlight a couple of very key points, it is important to recognize that this is in fact a campaign promise to make it illegal to physically obstruct or intimidate to prevent access to a space used primarily by an identifiable group for religious, educational, social, cultural or sporting activities. This means mosques, synagogues, churches, schools, cultural community centres and more. It also means criminalizing the intentional incitement of hate by displaying hate symbols.
There are significant changes proposed within this legislation, and the government is putting it forward based on its commitment made to the electors. It is important that we allow the legislation to go to committee, see if the Conservatives have amendments that they can propose and listen to what—