Mr. Speaker, back on April 2, 2008, a former member of Parliament, Ruby Dhalla, moved the following motion:
That, in the opinion of the House, the government should officially apologize to the Indo-Canadian community and to the individuals impacted in the 1914 Komagata Maru incident, in which passengers were prevented from landing in Canada.
That motion passed unanimously. The government has been very much aware of the incident and aware of the need to apologize.
Why does my colleague feel that the government has been so reluctant to give a formal apology inside the House on this issue?