Mr. Speaker, respectfully, it is quite extraordinary to hear the member say, with respect to the Muslim community, “I have talked to some people at the mosques in my riding, and everybody seems fine with it,” which was effectively what he said. We received a letter from over 350 different Muslim organizations in this country, expressing grave concern in line with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Protestant organizations and with the Rabbinical Council of Toronto, all raising concern about the removal of the religious defence.
I am not sure what the disconnect here is, but we see a lot of misrepresentation of stakeholder perspectives from the government's perspective. Why are the Liberals removing the religious defence? Why do they choose to do that?