Mr. Chair, with enormous respect to my colleague, I view the question as diminishing the importance of the legislation we're here to discuss today. Treating hate crimes as something less than urgent, when members of affected communities are experiencing painful realities as a result of the hate that is lobbed upon them, is not, in my view, the appropriate way to engage in this conversation.
For the member's information, as we've discussed privately, we expect that this fall.... Granted, I've been in this position for a matter of a few months, most of which the House wasn't sitting. We have tabled the legislation we're here to discuss today. This fall, within a matter of weeks, we will have one of the most comprehensive sets of reforms, when it comes to the bail system and tougher sentences, that our country has seen in many years. We will have a third bill before Christmas regarding intimate partner violence, sexual offences and the role of victims in this process.