Mr. Speaker, every society has some form of gender violence. It is very real and tangible.
However, when we take a look at Bill S-7, I listened to the member's comments regarding the number of stakeholders who have taken offence to it.
The Liberal Party has been fairly clear regarding the use of the word “culture”. One would think that the Prime Minister's Office has a special group of individuals who sit around a table creating these names, and they throw in these adjectives. Here we have “zero tolerance for barbaric cultural practices”. There is no doubt that it is exceptionally offensive to many people that the word “cultural” would be incorporated into the legislation in terms of the short title.
It seems to me in listening to the member that this is more offensive than anything else. However, it seems that there might be some value in certain parts of the legislation.
My question to the member is, if the government were to amend the word “cultural” out of the legislation, would she see any value whatsoever in supporting it?