Thank you, Madam Chair.
When I entered politics, it was to try and make a difference. When I prepared this motion, I did so because during all of last week I was in contact with people who were victims or who had victims in their family, or with pressure groups, social organizations, that are asking us to continue to wage battle in order for this registry to stay in place.
Madam Chair, what I do not appreciate is this moral blackmail, this moral manipulation, in an attempt to have me say that I do not believe that these people care about women. Perhaps all of us care about women, but differently. I am sorry, Madam Chair, but despite the fact that some are questioning my way of expressing myself and expressing my solidarity towards the women who have asked me to stand up, I will continue to stand up, even if that does not suit the party in power. I must assume what I believe in, my convictions, I must assume who I am and what I stand for and the way in which I do so. If other women want to defend their position differently, that is their right, but I do not have to lower myself to doing the same thing, under the grounds that we must all be the same. I am very sorry, but that is not my way of doing things.
In politics, you have to take responsibility for your positions or else refuse to take part in the debate. If we are not able to assume our positions in politics, then we have a problem.