Mr. Speaker, as part of the organization process of the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the hon. member for Windsor-St. Clair was elected as chairperson while the hon. member for Burlington and the hon. member for Saint-Hubert were elected as vice-chairpersons. I think that this is the first time in our history that three ladies have been appointed to the executive of a House of Commons committee.
Aside from their undeniable talents and skills, what made this selection by the justice committee possible is the fact that these women ran in nomination conventions to begin with, that they had their supporters behind them and that they won the trust of the electorate.
Consequently, their election to the executive of the justice committee was the result of successive decisions made by the people and recognizes the fact that men and women make fundamentally equal and complementary contributions to modern society. May this recognition intensify.