Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member opposite's speech, although I fundamentally disagree with some of his arguments.
The previous Conservative member who spoke in the House could not cite an example of the religious defence's being used. I wonder if this member could.
What I do not understand is that the Conservatives talk a lot about wanting to protect communities and protect people's rights, but here they are with an opportunity to step up and support a bill that would amend the Criminal Code and would allow new tools to be given to law enforcement and to our criminal justice system to really protect people's rights to be able to worship and to express themselves in the way they see fit. Is that not fundamental enough? Does the member not believe that harsher penalties should come with hate-motivated crimes?