Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should know that for some years it has been the policy of this party and the government that the human rights act be amended to add sexual orientation as a ground on which discrimination is prohibited. That is a commitment we made and a commitment we will respect.
I would also draw to the attention of the House and the hon. member to those many passages in the annual report of the chief commissioner where he praised the government for initiatives taken, specifically by the way, in relation to sexual orientation matters in Bill C-41 dealing with hate motivated crime, with those matters of criminal procedure involving the testimony before courts of persons with disabilities as well as initiatives in relation to employment equity.
The government has acted on a broad range of fronts to further human rights in this country and will continue to do so.