Mr. Speaker, I am a proud Christian. I am a proud Canadian. I believe in the tenets of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and I believe deeply in our freedom of expression, but I am also a lawyer, and I understand that there is a boundary. When speech crosses a high threshold into hate, inciting fear, inciting violence and calling for the death or extermination of our fellow citizens, it is simply wrong.
Nothing should keep people from being accountable for that type of interpretation and those types of hurtful statements. Everyone is a contributing part of Canadian democracy. We need to uphold it. This is what these laws seek to protect.