Thank you, Minister.
Minister, I'm moving on.
Another theme that you brought up in response to Ms. Cody, which your government consistently brings up day after day after day, is accusing the Conservative Party of obstructing criminal bail and sentencing legislation. I don't know where you were at 1:30 this morning, but I was in this building, passing Bill C-14. We sat for nine and a half consecutive hours to make this a priority.
I then wanted to make a priority of Bill C-16, to get rid of the Jordan issue, to deal with mandatory minimum penalties, to strengthen offences dealing with intimate partner violence, but with every attempt—we brought motion after motion to deal with Bill C-16 as a priority—your government voted it down, so let's set the record straight on who is really obstructing their own legislation. It is not the Conservative Party of Canada.
You had seven and a half months to bring forward critical legislation, to make a difference in the lives of intimate partner violence victims, and you waited, literally, until the last minute to introduce legislation, and now you're delaying it. That's shameful.