Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie for his question. I would like to thank him once again for acknowledging my work, and I want to acknowledge his as well. Toxic masculinity, as I mentioned earlier, is such a huge problem. I have talked to groups like Afeas, which advocates for women's rights in Quebec.

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague from Victoria for her question. Obviously, when we talk about help for health in serious cases, such as those involving brain injuries, for example, we need to increase funding for the entire health care system so that it can deal with the increased number of cases of domestic violence and better help victims.

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for her question. My God, that is a huge issue. One thing I can say for sure about toxic masculinity and violence is that men need to be part of the conversation. Education is also part of it. We have to be able to talk to our boys and our men and encourage them to seek help.

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, it is an honour to have a woman presiding this evening. I rise with a lump in my throat to speak to this deeply tragic and heartbreaking issue: rising rates of femicide. I will read part of the motion, which, unfortunately, reflects just how sad this situation is: That the House: (a) mourn the lives of the seven women who lost their lives to heinous acts of femicide in Quebec in the past few months; (b) mourn the lives of all women and gender-diverse people across Canada and Quebec who have lost their lives to intimate partner violence and gender-based violence, including over 160 women lost to femicide in the last year alone; (c) continue to support the survivors of gender-based violence; (d) acknowledge the incredibly alarming increase in gender-based violence across the country; (e) condemn gender-based violence in all its forms; (f) work with governments to accelerate investments in shelters and transition housing, and support the advancement of a National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence; (g) call on all Canadians and Quebeckers to do more to combat and raise awareness of all forms of gender-based violence.

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I thank the hon. Leader of the Opposition for his speech. Everyone here tonight recognizes that it is important to reduce the degree of politicization in a debate as emotional as the one we are having on violence against women. If there is one issue that should not be politicized right now, but rather should be pushed ahead in the interest of women's safety, it is more effective gun control.

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Chair, I thank the hon. minister for her intervention. I am especially touched that we are having this debate this evening because, as we know, it is a problem, particularly in Quebec, but also across Canada. I would like to hear from the minister regarding the action plan on gender-based violence.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague opposite for his presentation. However, first I will actually commend the work of my colleagues from Rivière-du-Nord and Laurentides—Labelle, who have done an outstanding job on the ethics committee and the WE Charity file. The member for Kingston and the Islands spoke of a document.

Health  Mr. Speaker, today, the Canadian Medical Association released a new study showing that the cost of elder care alone will increase by $490 billion over the next 10 years. Ottawa has responded with a single $4-billion transfer. This study reminds us that, as the Bloc Québécois has always reiterated, seniors do not need national standards, they need health funding to increase on an ongoing basis.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am shocked to hear my colleague say that we are undermining the work of the committees. I would remind my colleague that with respect to the other part of today's motion regarding the WE Charity, we had a report before us and it was the government that slammed the brakes on the work of the committees by proroguing Parliament last summer.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. When listening to the testimony at the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, I felt like I was watching a ping-pong match, with the ball flying back and forth between the ombudsman, the minister and the Prime Minister's Office.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am on target for time. Since Tuesday, the Standing Committee on the Status of Women has resumed its study of the issue of sexual misconduct. The Standing Committee on National Defence is also examining it. Our first witness was the Minister of National Defence, who basically repeated that he found these allegations concerning and disturbing, yet he did nothing about them for over three years.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. The reason I read out the motion is that witnesses who have not yet appeared are named in it. We had this same debate at the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. There were attempts to not summon certain people who were key witnesses.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague from Rivière-du-Nord for his hard work and his speech on these two two files that we are talking about today, namely WE Charity and the cases of sexual assault within the Canadian Armed Forces. These two files provide clear evidence of this Liberal government's lack of transparency with regard to all of the things it is trying to hide from us for various reasons.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, and I would like to share some facts with him. Studies show that minimum sentences have actually contributed to the criminalization of certain people and have created problems within some of the more marginalized communities, such as indigenous people.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. minister for introducing Bill C-22. I used to work for a community organization focused on alternative justice. We worked on preventing crime among young people who sometimes had drug problems. We obviously quickly learned that criminalization was not a solution in some cases.