Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank Ms. Ferreri for bringing forward this motion.
The minister has been on record, time and again, describing gender-based violence as an epidemic. To suggest that anybody doesn't take it seriously would be a mis-characterization in the extreme. It is a topic that merits discussion at this committee, at other committees and in Parliament as a whole. I would like to see this motion reviewed very carefully and perhaps expanded.
We have witnesses here today and our schedule and timetable are full until the end of this session, until Christmas, so I move to adjourn debate to allow us the opportunity to consider this motion further down the road.