He should know that no Inuk woman has to endure the indignity of sexual victimization in the 1990s. And even if Mr. Quassa was not aware of this fact, Mr. Speaker, our court system should be.
I cannot understand how Judge Thomas Davis of the territorial court. could excuse this behaviour with an absolute discharge. Later today I will be tabling an earlier court decision which summarizes a range of sexual assault cases, some of which occurred under very similar circumstances to Mr. Quassa's -- which all resulted in a court-imposed penalty of some sort.
Mr. Speaker, honourable colleagues will be aware that at one point in my life I was in court and was sent to jail because I physically abused a woman. I am not proud of that time, Mr.
Speaker, and I have apologized to the victim and to women's organizations throughout the Territories.
I would like to seek unanimous consent to continue, Mr. Speaker.