Mr. Speaker, this government remains committed to exactly such an amendment and we will introduce a bill to that effect.
I should say in response to the member's question that in doing so we will not only fulfil a commitment and provide for a matter of fundamental justice, but we will also bring the federal statute into conformity with eight provincial human rights acts, some of which date back to 1977 on that topic. We will have the federal law conform with what the courts have in any event been reading into the act for many years.
In the view of this government it is about time that our federal statute reflect the reality in Canada.