Thank you, Madam Chair.
This conversation continues to interest me. One of the things that we are happily seeing in the House of Commons is an increasing level of diversity among the members who represent the different ridings of Canada. I'm wondering if Mr. Dion has any feedback that he'd like to share on how that might impact some of the things that members are faced with.
I also think about that when we talk about family and friends—as in the conversation we had here today—and how we define that. I can't help but think of my family from Stellat'en First Nation. If you are an older cousin, you are an auntie or an uncle. There are all of these very clear roles that you play, but it's not necessarily.... I always find it interesting when people ask me, what are they really? Are they your third cousin three times removed? None of that matters. That's just not how family is decided. I just want to recognize that in different cultures the definition of family can be very different. Of course, I would assume that at some point that would have a bit of an impact on how we look at these things.
The other thing that I can't help but reflect on is the fact that many folks, and many stories that I've heard from the LGBTQ2S+ community, talk about chosen family. I just think these are things to think about as we're speaking about this. Who defines what family is and what role that person has in your cohort? How do we define friends?
I'm just wondering, as we have these discussions, if there's been thought that your office has put into that—I can't imagine it wouldn't have. Is this something that, if we were to look at this department, we should be exploring further?