Mr. Speaker, one does not normally comment on a member's absence or presence in the House.
What I am asking for is a national comprehensive investigation into the missing and murdered aboriginal women. Why have so many women gone missing? Why have so many cases not been solved? Initiatives have been undertaken, but I would submit that they have been done in a scattergun manner. There has been no comprehensive strategy. There has been no comprehensive look at the root causes of it.
We know that a disproportionate number of the missing and/or murdered aboriginal women are young women who have been in care. Why have they been in care? Was it the circumstances under which they lived? What is necessary is a national comprehensive investigation that would look at all of the factors in an integrated, holistic way and would come up with recommendations for the future.