The bill will provide many tools by clearing up some of the ambiguities that exist within common law when it comes to some of these issues. It is really important to codify things like the legal age of consent for marriage. That's something that should be in our Civil Marriage Act. It should be something that is the same across the board in Canada.
As well, I think some of the Criminal Code's amendments are really important, especially when it comes to preventing people who are being charged with honour killings from using provocation as a defence. I think that ensuring that the only acts that can count as provocations are the ones that are actually criminalized within the Criminal Code is really important, as well, because it's addressing the fact that people who commit these crimes do use their cultural differences, attitudes, and beliefs as a defence. That's just something that we cannot stand for in this country.