Mr. Speaker, the minister dodged the question, and he knows it. I guess he must not really be that proud after all, which is why he imposed time allocation.
In 1977, the government reformed the Canada pension plan to ensure that women would no longer be penalized. The prime minister of the day was Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Forty years later, the current Prime Minister is refusing to admit to the mistake and is using closure to shut down debate.
Trampling on women's rights like that is not very feminist, is it?