I'm going to stop you. My question was really simple. It was simply an opportunity to allow you to be a really great leader and take responsibility for your actions. I'm going to give you one more opportunity.
There are women across this country who listened to your statement, and it was incredibly degrading towards women from coast to coast. It was one that perpetuated the repulsive attitude that women are less than men and should be forced into submission.
Minister, would you like to apologize to my colleague Lisa Raitt, and to all Canadian women, for perpetuating this line of thought?