Madam Speaker, I commend the parliamentary secretary and minister for all the work that is listed.
None of that addresses the question I asked last month and just now. Why is the government not implementing, as the United Nations said it should do by last year, and reiterated in this Friday's report, a national action plan to end violence against women?
Why is it choosing the much narrower strategy, bearing in mind that the strategy will only apply at the federal level? I will say again that in section 24 of Friday's report by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the United Nations says it is concerned about the lack of a national action plan.
I ask that the parliamentary secretary explain why the government does not think it needs to follow the United Nations' advice.