Madam Speaker, I thank the member opposite for his contribution to today's debate and, again, for his contribution to the justice committee. To assert as the member just did that somehow the government is not listening attentively to, or indeed hearing, and validating the work being done in committee is just patently false. Fifty amendments to the bill were accepted at committee. Some were from the member opposite and his party. They included four key areas relating to routine police evidence; the use of illegal agents; the hybridization of terrorism and genocide offences that I outlined in my speech, with amendments proposed by the Conservative Party; and finally, the bawdy house and vagrancy provisions, which were also addressed and accepted at committee. Therefore, to assert in this chamber that somehow the committee's work was not validated is simply incorrect.
\nMy question is about those important changes to the bawdy house and vagrancy provisions, because more than just those, there is a key provision in the bill to repeal section 159 of the Criminal Code. To simplify matters for people watching, section 159 basically says that consensual sexual activity among a gay young couple is illegal, whereas among a heterosexual young couple it is perfectly legal. By removing 159 we would be creating equality for young gay couples in Canada. Does the member opposite agree with this kind of change being commensurate with the approach that is necessary in 2018 to address LGBTQ discrimination in Canada?
", "fr": "Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u2019en face de sa participation au d\u00e9bat d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui et, une fois de plus, de sa contribution au comit\u00e9 de la justice. Cependant, il est carr\u00e9ment faux d\u2019affirmer, comme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 vient de le faire, que le gouvernement n\u2019\u00e9coute pas attentivement ou m\u00eame n\u2019entend pas ce qui se dit au comit\u00e9, et ne valorise pas le travail qui y est accompli. Je signale que 50 amendements au projet de loi ont \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9s lors de l'\u00e9tude en comit\u00e9. Certains d\u2019entre eux venaient du d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u2019en face et de son parti. Ces amendements touchaient quatre domaines cl\u00e9s: la preuve polici\u00e8re de routine, le recours \u00e0 des agents clandestins, le reclassement des infractions de terrorisme et de g\u00e9nocide en infractions mixtes, dont j\u2019ai parl\u00e9 dans mon intervention entre autres au sujet des amendements propos\u00e9s par le Parti conservateur et, enfin, les dispositions sur les maisons de d\u00e9bauche et le vagabondage. Par cons\u00e9quent, il est tout simplement faux d'affirmer \u00e0 la Chambre que le travail du comit\u00e9 n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 valid\u00e9.
\nMa question porte sur les changements importants apport\u00e9s aux dispositions concernant les maisons de d\u00e9bauche et le vagabondage, parce que, en plus de celles-ci, le projet de loi comporte une disposition cl\u00e9 qui abroge l\u2019article 159 du Code criminel. Pour les personnes qui nous regardent, je pr\u00e9cise simplement que, aux termes de l\u2019article 159, une activit\u00e9 sexuelle consensuelle entre un jeune couple gai est ill\u00e9gale, alors qu\u2019une telle activit\u00e9 entre un jeune couple h\u00e9t\u00e9rosexuel est parfaitement l\u00e9gale. En supprimant l\u2019article 159, on se trouve \u00e0 cr\u00e9er une \u00e9galit\u00e9 pour les jeunes couples gais au Canada. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d\u2019en face convient-il que ce genre de changement s\u2019inscrit parfaitement dans une approche indispensable en 2018 pour \u00e9liminer la discrimination envers la communaut\u00e9 LGBTQ au Canada?
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