Madam Speaker, let me congratulate and express deep gratitude to the hon. member for that excellent speech. I too am terribly concerned by the civil liberties restrictions that this bill would impose. I note that when this bill was in the last Parliament, several civil society organizations, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, penned an open letter saying it tramples our civil liberties.
To the deputy House leader's point, I would just like to point out that this bill has already been to committee. It has already been criticized by these civil liberties organizations.
Why did the Liberals not make the amendments these civil society groups asked for?