Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the government I would like to recognize the significance of this very important day.
The attacks of seven years ago at l'École Polytechnique shook all Canadians.
Today the secretary of state is in Vancouver holding a round table against commercial sexual exploitation of children, the majority of whom, of course, are girls. It is a form of violence that strikes the most vulnerable.
Our government has introduced gun control legislation, legislation against criminal harassment and we have supported women's programs and shelters. We have accomplished a great deal.
I recognize that this is a societal problems and all men have to be interested in this issue of violence against women, in large measure perpetrated by men.