Canada Is Our Country. It Belongs To

For Years Governments Have Been Promising More Than They Can Deliver, And Delivering More Than They Can Afford.

There Are Nations That Resist, Voices That Attempt To Diminish The Urgency Or Dismiss The Science, Or Declare, Either In Word Or Indifference, That This Is Not Our Problem To Solve. Well, Let Me Tell You, It Is Our Problem To Solve... To The Reticent Nations, Including The United States, I Say This: There Is Such A Thing As A Global Conscience.

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.

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.

If We Do Not Step Forward, Then We Step Back. If We Do Not Protect A Right, Then We Deny It.