Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I don't plan to speak to every amendment, but I want to put on the record that the Liberal Party was supportive of the bill in its original form. With respect to this amendment, to Mr. Rathgeber's point, the brief provided by the witnesses indicated that accessing health care, obtaining health identification, can be difficult.
I do believe there is some value over and above the symbolic value in the fact that awareness will be raised by virtue of the passage of this bill. I think in an ideal world, both “gender identity” and “gender expression” should remain. It's my hope that the protections we seek to afford trans people will survive this amendment.
I want to congratulate Mr. Garrison for bringing this forward.
Thank you.