Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say that I am a member from Quebec. The member opposite knows full well that our government is the party of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Again, our government protects the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and will always do so.
The member opposite, all members and all the citizens who elected us in our respective ridings, all Canadians, men and women, old and young, have enjoyed these Charter rights and freedoms for 43 years now.
This government knows it is our responsibility to defend one of the pillars—