I apologize to my colleague, but I must raise a point of personal privilege before we continue.
I am profoundly offended by the comments made by the member opposite as well as the minister. I myself have been a victim of crime by somebody who was a permanent resident at the time. I'm profoundly offended when the minister says that all of us in the NDP caucus do not understand the needs of victims and don't look at victims of crime.
It's a point of personal privilege. Mr. Chair, I would like to ask you to ask the member or the minister to withdraw that statement from the record, please, because I am profoundly, personally offended by that comment.