Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for your excellent presentations.
I wish to address Ms. Papp on the issue of culture.
Canada has one of the most successful multicultural environments in the world. We have the ability to adapt many cultures into this country, yet there are practices like female genital mutilation, which is barbaric or inhuman.
We came together, people from diverse societies or diverse countries of origin, for a common shared value. I do not believe that female genital mutilation is a shared value of Canadians.
I would like you to comment on that particular aspect of some of these barbaric cultures or inhuman cultures, those with female genital mutilation, those approving child marriages, and also some of your experiences in how you address these with the east Asian and southeast Asian cultures, and perhaps some of the other cultures in the Middle East.