Madam Speaker, as the status of women critic, I want to draw attention to the presence of one more woman in the House at a time when people are worried about about not maintaining women's 30% share in the next election.
My feminist parliamentary group colleagues and I signed a letter calling for greater civility in the House. We must set an example. The current climate of highly polarized debates and political filibustering does not motivate women to get into politics. I therefore invite my colleague to keep working hard on this.
I do not know how we are going to change the atmosphere in the House. We need to restore civility so we can avoid losing more women and perhaps even gain more women in the next election.