Mr. Speaker, I wish to retract something I said earlier in the day. The proper word would have been “disrespect,” as opposed to the verb that was used.
I used the term because of the continued appearance of disrespect for women. These are not only the women who suffer at the hands of people who are let out on parole too soon by an inexperienced Parole Board. The member did say the government will be attacking that.
We have also seen the appearance of disrespect for women right here in the Chamber. Some members might remember “elbowgate”, an incident when the Prime Minister elbowed a member of the NDP. There was also the groping incident. The Prime Minister said the woman involved remembered it differently and that he did not know that she was national media.
All in all, I do wish to retract that statement and hope to go forward in a more collegial manner.