Mr. Speaker, I think this is an important debate from a justice perspective also, because we have just seen the cutting of the court challenges program.
I know that the member for Beaches—East York was involved in an early court challenges program that helped the status of women in this country.
I know also that the Law Commission of Canada, something that was established by Parliament, has just been cut by this government. It is not a funding project. It is a statute of this Parliament, the law commission, and that justice minister and his supposedly accountable government are choosing to ignore a statute of Parliament. The government is eliminating something that can only be eliminated with another law from this Parliament.
The justice minister is supposed to be accountable. Here he has to respond to law commission reports, some of which are about senior women. He has a duty to do that. That is what the statute says. What does the government do? Cut it.
I want to ask this member how she feels about the cutting of both the law commission and also the court challenges program and how that affects women.