Okay. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
My question is for Ms. Gagnon.
I haven’t provided all the details about the increase in crimes against women, given the limited time I have, but it is a real phenomenon. The numbers are very high.
To explain this increase, Ms. Gagnon, you said that it might be due to the fact that women are reporting more crimes. I remember that the same thing was said to explain the very high rate of reports to the Youth Protection Division.
Do you not think that Bill C‑5, which allowed suspended sentences to be served at home, and Bill C‑75, which allowed dangerous people to be released, have something to do with it?
You don’t have to look far. Just think of the case of Ms. McCourt in British Columbia, or the case of Ms. Renaud in September. These are very recent events. What is happening is frightening.
Don’t you think that Bills C‑5 and C‑75 have played a major role in the increase in the number of crimes of this type committed over the past 10 years? Even the Minister of Justice has said that there has been a 41% increase in crime in Canada over the past 10 years.
We must not overlook the consequences of these two bills, which C‑14 attempts to remedy, but which, in my opinion, will only be partially successful. Do you not think that Bill C‑75 and Bill C‑5 played a major role in our failure to protect women?