Thank you, Mr. Goodale.
I would like to move on to another topic, one that I call sexual safety.
This issue obviously affects women more than men. It can certainly happen to men, but in terms of the numbers, it happens to women more often.
Mr. Goodale, we are in a country where, it must be said...
You referred to it. You have even begun a process to review sexual assault complaints and to ensure that, if those complaints were deemed unfounded in the past, they are properly examined to determine whether they are founded. So a review process is under way.
What I am saying is that we have to go much further than that.
Mr. Goodale, as I said, women experience this much more often than men do.
We must ensure the sexual safety of Canadians. Our system of government was devised in the 19th century and smacks of the Middle Ages. The reality is that sexuality and sexual development are experienced in a different way in the 21st century. The concept of consent has also evolved.
Should action not be taken to reflect this reality so that women can come and go in the world and develop sexually without the fear of violence, assault or any kind of force directed against that freedom they have?