Well, one recommendation I have specific to violence against women is that women have to have their own legal representation. In a sexual assault case, the woman has no legal representation. The crown attorney purports to be that, but he is there to represent the state, or Regina more specifically. That's his job. It is not to represent the women involved.
I was the first woman to successfully secure my own legal representation in a court of law in a criminal rape trial, so it's quite possible. But we are in denial of that, and we fear that if the woman has that representation or right, it somehow diminishes the full and best legal representation possible for the alleged perpetrator. That's one recommendation.
Similarly, for women who experience intimate partner violence, in Toronto, quite recently, in 2011, a domestic violence court was established. Women have a very difficult time there because they have no voice; they are not able to speak for themselves.