Mr. Speaker, the Bloc is well known for its pro-choice positions and support of feminist policies. We have done our committee work on this report. I have said it and I will say it again. Thanks to my colleague from Montarville, we have done our job. Our positions are known.
What is happening now involves a procedural matter. This is not the first time I mention this, and we are also seeing this in committee. People are trying to play politics with women's issues, and I find that deplorable. I saw this as recently as last summer at the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. What happened is no trifling matter. The Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats brought victims to tears in their attempt to politicize this issue. It was absolutely horrible. The media decried the situation. I let victims recount their experiences with domestic violence, their right to be women and to be free of this violence. Unfortunately, instead of asking these women questions and doing their job, all three parties got bogged down on a procedural question to determine who defends women's rights more. While they hurled accusations back and forth, the victims rose to tell us we should be ashamed as members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.
I sense the exact same climate this morning in the House. Attempts are being made to politicize this issue. The Bloc's pro-choice positions on women's rights issues are known, but this should not be used for procedural wrangling. Above all, the issue should not be politicized, and yet that is what I sense is happening now in the House. I also feel it in committee, where we were known for our lack of partisanship and our ability to follow procedures. This is so unfortunate.