Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I represent a community that is 90 percent aboriginal. The Northwest Territories is 40 percent aboriginal people. Talking to elders in my constituency, they do not like the idea of same-sex couples being able to adopt children. They feel they have not been consulted. The invitations may have gone to the communities but the communication at the community level is problematic.

What we have here today is introducing legislation that is contradictory to religious belief. Most aboriginal people are...