Mr. Speaker, to address the hon. member's statements continually put forth in the House, they are as true as saying that the earth is flat.
The member is wrong. This party put forth the private member's bill on victims rights. This party is the one that passed it through. This party has been pushing the government for victims rights ever since we got here. This party wanted to put equability and fairness into the justice system. This party passed yesterday a private member's motion on crime prevention using existing programs that have been proven to work. This party is trying to work with members across party lines and put our partisanship aside to build a stronger justice system. The facts speak for themselves.
Many members in our party have reached out their hands repeatedly to members from the other side. Some members have taken that hand and would like to work with us. I find it personally offensive, and I am sure members from this party find it personally offensive, that the member continually chooses to put partisanship ahead of the truth. I hope the member would choose to put constructiveness ahead of partisanship.
Would the hon. member take to the Minister of Justice the private member's bill my colleague put forth on victims rights since he spoke for it and push it forward with the minister to make sure it is enacted in legislation before the end of the year?