Madam Speaker, in the speech he gave just now, my colleague from Rivière-du-Nord quoted comments made by Adil Charkaoui, a very controversial religious leader, during a demonstration literally calling for Jews to be hunted down and exterminated. These extremely violent and hateful comments were made under the guise of religion. As my colleague quite rightly pointed out, the authorities did not even bother to arrest him and bring him to justice, because such statements are protected under the Criminal Code. Whenever we raise this issue with our fellow MPs, particularly the Conservatives, they say that the police already have the power to arrest people who make such statements, but that is false.
Here is my question for my colleague from Rivière-du-Nord. Does he see this as another example of the divide between what Quebec society values and what the rest of Canada seems to value when it comes to freedom of expression in a religious context?