Mr. Speaker, every Canadian, no matter where they work, has the right to work in a safe, harassment-free environment. Parliament Hill is no exception.
Everyone needs to feel safe: employees, elected officials, interns, journalists, everyone.
We need to work together and stop thinking about ourselves and what is best for our party, so that we can create a safe, respectful environment. This is not the time for grand gestures; we need results.
We need to look at our policies and our daily actions to determine how we can prevent harassment and put support and crisis-management mechanisms in place.
We need to do a better job of supporting victims and ensuring that they have the resources they need to face the physical and psychological consequences of harassment and to overcome their ordeal.
I just want to tell the victims of harassment, and there are far too many in Canada, that we are with you. You are not alone.