Mr. Speaker, I wrote to the chair of the justice committee requesting that it undertake that task, designing changes to the Criminal Code in addition to what we proposed on behalf of victims.
Let me point to the record of the government in establishing that we have done more for victims in the justice system than any national government in memory.
The drunkenness defence was available until we acted on behalf of victims to make sure that it would not be. On behalf of victims we have introduced changes to provide for DNA testing in criminal law for the first time, putting it on an express basis.
If we look at the record of the party opposite we find an entirely different story. When we proposed changes in Bill C-37 to the Young Offenders Act to provide for victim impact statements, the Reform Party voted against it.
When we proposed in Bill C-41 elaborate provisions to help victims get restitution, the Reform Party voted against it.
Last year when we proposed the changes to section 745 which would prevent multiple murderers in the future from applying the Reform Party voted against it.