Thank you.
I always applaud any member of the House who brings forward a private member's bill that will further gender equality, and I certainly thank Ms. Ambrose for her work. We all know that survivors of sexual assault need to be treated with compassion and that respect is critical. Ensuring that their dignity is intact is critical to how they feel they are treated but also to whether other women and girls who experience that violence feel they can come to authority figures and seek justice. I'm incredibly pleased that this bill will give us an opportunity to discuss this issue.
You saw in the budget that lifelong learning for everyone, for people of all sectors, is a priority for us, and that includes the judiciary. We also know that an independent judiciary is fundamental to Canada's democracy and that it's separate from executive and legislative branches. We actually have no jurisdiction to mandate this training. I look forward to the work this committee will do to review it and to study it. I look forward to watching the bill be presented in the House and to making a thoughtful decision then.