Mr. Speaker, on November 21 my colleague, the member for Cape Breton-The Sydneys, spoke eloquently in the House about the importance of gun control to women.
He pointed out that a woman is shot to death every five days in Canada, half of those by a partner, 78 per cent with legally owned weapons.
I believe that most members of Parliament want to see an end to violence against women and yet offhand comments in the House and elsewhere call into question our commitment. As the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice spoke on that day, another member, like a little boy playing with a pretend gun, said: "pow, pow, pow".
Such comments are a tragic betrayal of the hopes of women for a better and safer country.