Mr. Speaker, during my colleague's remarks today, he mentioned talking the talk.
Having worked with victims of crime for over 23 years before I became a parliamentarian, I have seen first-hand the impacts of sexual violence on many victims. Today, I was listening attentively and really hoping to hear comments about how important it is to have a trauma-informed response and rights for victims. Instead, we heard partisan garble. If there are any victims at home today listening to us, I think they would be extremely disappointed with the debate going on with respect to that.
I have a simple question: Does the member not agree that Bill C-11 is an important step forward if we want to make sure that victims have access to justice?