Excellent.
To help my colleagues with their reading, I will mention part of amendment NDP-10. It reads as follows:
That Bill C-36, in the preamble, be amended
(a) by adding before line 1 on page 1 the following:
“Whereas the Supreme Court of Canada decided in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford that certain provisions of the Criminal Code have a grossly disproportionate effect on persons who engage in prostitution by putting their health and safety at risk and making them more vulnerable to violence;”
(b) by replacing, in the English version, line 1 on page 2 with the following:
Whereas the Parliament of Canada is....
There is then another “whereas”.
All Canadians deserve to be governed by laws that protect their health and safety and prevent exploitation; And whereas the Parliament of Canada recognizes that violence against women in Canada remains a serious issue that needs to be addressed through concerted government action.
So I removed the section that the chair had deemed as irreceivable:
Whereas the Parliament of Canada acknowledges the fundamental importance of addressing poverty, housing conditions, health-care needs and other socio-economic issues impacting women who enter prostitution without a meaningful choice;
—because it seems that it is not really important.
On that note, that would be the new preamble I would submit on the fly.