Mr. Speaker, everybody knows that the Conservative government did not inherit a $45 billion deficit.
The truth is that it is easier for a man accused of assaulting his spouse to have access to criminal legal aid than it is for a woman who has been the victim of violence to have access to civil legal aid.
The government's insistence on ignoring this issue is characteristic of its backward attitude toward women's equality.
Will the government commit to immediately restarting the negotiations it abandoned with the provinces and territories to establish funds for civil legal aid?