If standing up for victims means making a fool of myself, Ms. O'Connell, I'll make a fool of myself each and every day. I will show up to Parliament right here, right now, today, tomorrow and the next day and make a fool of myself.
I'm going to read this into the record for the benefit of those who plan on voting with this amendment to gut it from six meetings to one. The Bloc and the Liberals are seemingly teaming up to gut the very amendment the Liberals were putting forward. The message says that it's important to hear the witnesses on the impact of these moves and that victims deserve more than one meeting.
What I'd love is for the Liberals and the Bloc to explain why, with this amendment, they are voting to gut the list of the very witnesses they said we need to hear from. Why are they choosing to side with less information instead of more, while they accuse others of getting on a soapbox when they are the ones making this political?
I would love for them to answer that question. Why? It's for the victims. They should be answering.