Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.

I mean if there are going to be missiles that are going off and there are going to be going off over Canadian airspace whether we want it or not, no I don't think that is acceptable. I think that we want to be at the table.

Since one never knows what will be the line of advance, it is always most rash to condemn what is not quite in the fashion of the moment.

As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada's place in the world is one of influence and pride.

At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold.

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.