Thank you, Madam Chair.
A big thank you to our witnesses for appearing before us. This is obviously a very important subject that we're discussing here today. This bill is addressing some atrocious things that unfortunately are happening in our country. It's 2015; you wouldn't think such practices would be taking place in a welcoming, multicultural, and loving country like Canada, but yet they happen. They happen on a daily basis.
Some critics of this bill have said we don't need this bill. They feel that there is enough legislation in place already that deals with many of these issues and that we don't need to bring any further focus to it. I wonder whether I can get a general comment from each of you about whether you believe this gives an additional tool in the toolbox to help us combat a problem that unfortunately still exists or whether you think what we have is fine.
We'll start with Madam Desloges.