Certainly. Canadians want to see leadership when it comes to treating one another equally. Canadians want to see leadership when it comes to combatting hate in our communities. We wanted to play a leadership role by introducing legislation that would criminalize behaviour that crosses a high degree of moral culpability, that threshold to bring something into the criminal context.
However, we should, similarly, recognize that there are many acts that we may find offensive that do not constitute hate for the purposes of the Criminal Code. We should nevertheless endeavour to condemn those acts, because the impact of the failure to speak out against hate in our communities is still a negative impact that our fellow Canadians feel. We need to demonstrate leadership, not only through our legislative action, but also in our words and deeds when it comes to condemning acts of hate or discrimination, whenever they take place. I think it's incumbent upon all of us, regardless of party, to speak out and to advance measures formally and informally that will have that impact, demonstrating that all Canadians belong in this country.