Thank you, Madam Chair.
I don't think the chaplain should have more time than the other witnesses. He should be a panellist like everybody else. I find it very disturbing to have the chaplain come in for even an hour.
As Mr. Serré and Mr. Angus have already mentioned, there are confidentiality issues. It's already very hard for women to come forward. Imagine the betrayal of trust they're going to feel when the chaplain arrives and starts giving examples. The more time he stays, the more he is going to slip up; it's human to err.
These victims came forward in moments of desperation, and they didn't have anywhere else to turn. To have this confidence betrayed.... Whether he went and spoke somewhere else, it doesn't matter. We have a certain responsibility at FEWO, the status of women committee. We have a responsibility to get to the bottom of issues, but I don't believe that it includes violating the trust that these women put in the chaplain. Frankly, I am very disturbed on a very personal level by this motion's being put forward.
I've practised law. I'm a lawyer. Confidentiality is sacred between you and a person when they come to you, especially in this context. I think that we need to think very carefully about what we're doing.
Thank you very much.