Thank you. I don't know if I was hearing right, Mr. Chairman, but it appeared that I seem to have heard a very chauvinistic attitude by the Minister, and I always thought he was very fair to women.

Mr. Chairman, I guess what I'm concerned about is I don't want to vote against this bill because I think it's critically important that we look after common law with regard to relationships because there's nothing in the current bill as it is, as we stated. I'm trying to see, where can you give common-law spouses who separate some comfort where they may not want to use the courts, may not want to go through the process of going to a judge to determine a date that they have separated and ensure that they're protected under the time frame that this bill allows. That's basically my concern. Thank you.