Mr. Speaker, violence against women is one of the worst horrors of our world. We strive for zero tolerance in Canada and we use our international reputation to fight for the protection of women worldwide.
Sadly some people still do not get it. Some people think that the torture and imprisonment of women for not wearing a veil is no different from the requirement that men wear jackets in our parliamentary restaurant.
Some people think that Canada cannot afford to offer a haven to women who flee the practice of genital mutilation. Incredible as it seems, some people do think this and some of them actually sit in the House. Thank God they do not sit on the government side.