Mr. Speaker, Judge Arbour's report could not be clearer: there was a violation of human rights at the prison for women in Kingston.
As a result, eight of the victims have filed civil suits against the solicitor general. The Bloc Quebecois proposes that, instead of multiple lawsuits, the government find a humanitarian solution in the case of these eight women.
According to one of them, the prisoners would have greatly appreciated being believed and receiving an apology from the government when the initial evidence was published. Instead, it took three inquiries before they were proved right.
In addition to putting in place the corrective measures recommended by Judge Arbour, the government also has an obligation to recognize that it was in the wrong and to implement immediately all the report's recommendations, in order to prevent the recurrence of such a situation.