Status of Women Committee on April 23rd, 2009

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

So that's added to the end.

[Patricia Davidson, Conservative, Sarnia—Lambton, ON]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

That's “in order to uphold their international”--

[Patricia Davidson, Conservative, Sarnia—Lambton, ON]

--“human rights commitments”.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

All right, has everyone got that?

[Johanne Deschamps, Bloc, Laurentides—Labelle, QC]

Could you read that again?

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

You want me to read it again? Okay.

So given that the first part still stands, we're saying:

That the standing committee support the government in its efforts to continue to press the Afghan government to meet its commitment to review the legislation violating the rights of women in Afghanistan in order to uphold their international human rights commitments.

Do you want me to read it in French again, or is that okay? Okay, good.

Ms. McLeod, now you can tell us your bits and pieces.

[Cathy McLeod, Conservative, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC]

Again, the quick summary is that every parliamentarian is appalled. The commitment of our troops to fight for the rights of women.... It's been a very difficult situation, and the government is working very hard, on many different levels, to make sure this gets rectified. I think this speaks to our supporting the government in their efforts to continue with that work.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Thank you.

Is there any debate or discussion?

Nicole.

[Nicole Demers, Bloc, Laval, QC]

Madam Chair, I will obviously support this motion. However, I would like to make sure that this motion and the one we discussed previously will be reported to the House, which was not mentioned either in the previous one or in this one. You did not say that they will be reported to the House. But it is important for the House to know that we support the government in its efforts and that we request that it take action.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

Is there any further debate on this motion?

Yes, Cathy.

[Cathy McLeod, Conservative, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC]

Certainly for my motion, to report it to the House is fine.

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

That's good. So we will call the question.

(Motion agreed to)

[The Chair, Liberal, Hedy Fry]

It passed unanimously. That's great.

These both will be reported back to the House.

We will move to the report in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]