(1335) In both examples, adoption and education, I believe member
s can see that at a time when more social cohesiveness is needed, Bill C-38 will be taking us in exactly the wrong direction, by weakening these traditional practices and institutions. To conclude, at a time
when the world sees in Can
ada an example of a caring, tolerant, and compassionate society, and
when ...[+++] one reflects on the legacy of institutional strength that generations of Canadians have fought and laboured to build and preserve, on balance, Bill C-38 is just not good enough, either in substance or in the process we have followed in developing it.