Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Justice, Madam Speaker. Recently, the federal Minister of Justice was here, and the issue of the recent Supreme Court decision using drunkenness as a defence was brought up by me. At that time, the legal experts across the country said it was so narrowly defined to not worry about it. But I read, with some dismay recently, in the last two or three days, in Alberta, it was actually used to acquit an individual who was accused of assaulting his wife.
My question to the Minister of Justice is, it seems to me the Canadian justice system is hurting its own credibility and sending out harmful, mixed messages to the public, and it's setting us all back as we're trying to deal with serious concerns with alcohol abuse and violence. Would the Minister be prepared to communicate with the federal Minister, our concern about the new case and to urge him to move quickly to bring in whatever legislative changes are needed to plug this serious loophole in the Canadian justice system? Thank you, Madam Speaker.