Mr. Speaker, certainly I support the thrust of the motion.
There is one amendment I would like to suggest that I hope would meet with the consent of the House. It relates to the proposed committee in paragraph (2)(k), the committee on human rights and the status of the disabled.
The previous committee that existed that looked at this subject matter was a committee known as the committee on human rights and the status of disabled persons.
Certainly as a member of that former committee I recall that people with disabilities felt very strongly that they did not wish to be labelled as "the disabled".
I note that, in French, the committee's name refers to disabled persons.
I would also note that under subparagraph 4(c) in the mandate of the committee it refers to: "the proposing, promoting, monitoring and assessing of initiatives aimed at the integration and equality of disabled persons in all sectors of Canadian society".
We are talking about people fundamentally. I would hope that it would meet with the agreement of the House that we maintain the previous name of this committee which was human rights and the status of disabled persons.
I would so move if that meets with the consent of the House.
(Amendment agreed to.)
(Motion, as amended, agreed to.)