I would just continue to add to the urgency of implementing family protection orders and address an issue, a legal gap when it comes to dealing with violence against women and girls on reserve. I've said it repeatedly, but every other Canadian woman in this country who is not living in a situation on reserve has access to legal protection that aboriginal women and girls on reserve do not have access to. When we look at the statistics around violence against aboriginal women and girls, it's very concerning that we don't have those. It's about prevention, and it's about intervention, and about prosecution. That's how we end violence against women, and we don't have that right now on reserve. So I urge all parties to study this bill, but also to pass it as quickly as possible.
On April 23rd, 2013. See this statement in context.