Mr. Speaker, I fully agree with the hon. member that the drunkenness defence is only one aspect of the challenge facing government and Canadians; namely, to deal more effectively with the problem of violence by men against women.
May I say, in response to the question that has been asked, that this preoccupation affects virtually everything that the Department of Justice does in relation to the criminal justice system. Trying to assess and anticipate the impact on women of laws that we propose, trying to co-ordinate the effort with other ministries and other levels of government to provide services to victims of violence, trying through education and other proactive social means to eradicate the causes of such violent behaviour, trying to improve education for young men and boys, so that they may have a healthier view of themselves and the other gender so that-