Mr. Speaker, yesterday during question period the justice minister denied that we need a victims bill of rights. He mocked the request of my colleague from Fraser Valley West for greater rights for victims by saying that the provinces have already taken steps to do exactly what is being asked for in the victims bill of rights, and yet the justice minister has admitted that victims of crime need more rights, as shown by his request to the justice committee to study the bill.
Why then does he say that these rights are already covered by provincial legislation?