Mr. Speaker, my colleague is quite right, and I in fact said in my remarks that native women are not in favour of this bill because they were not adequately consulted and because their recommendations were not taken into account. That is what I said. I also said that this was why we want to send the bill back to committee.
They want something that incorporates matrimonial rights, something done properly, which is of real use and beneficial to them. However, they do not want the bill as put forward. They want it amended to reflect the recommendations they made and the needs they expressed during consultations, although the consultations were inadequate.
For this reason, we will vote to send the bill to committee and not because we support it at the moment. In fact, we oppose it.
My colleague is right that the women are dismissing it out of hand and do not agree with it, as it fails to meet their expressed needs.