Good morning, Madam Minister. On the subject of violence against women, we have to break the silence, we have to break the vicious cycle where abuse is not only physical: it is verbal and it is psychological. Breaking the silence means women standing up and saying loud and strong how much they have been abused. Breaking the silence means giving victims of every kind a voice without making it political.
I have always worked with respect for my colleagues, men and women alike. I saw today a political face that I did not like. We should not be dehumanized just because we are women and think differently. I think that today, there is still too much violence against women and we are not going to fight it by attacking one another. It is safe to say that I do not share the ideas of everyone here around the table, but I at least have respect for what these people are doing.
I have two daughters, and I hope that they will watch television today and see how disillusioned I was by this partisanship, because we cannot politicize the deaths of women, we cannot politicize violence.
From that point, Madam Minister, what has been done since you took office to reduce violence against women?