Justice committee  Looking at the levels of family violence we're talking about, with Statistics Canada saying that it's 6% against men and 6.4% against women, it seems to me that.... And yes, it does rise when you have highly conflicted separation and divorce. However, that does not relate to the very large percentage of people who end up with sole custody.

Justice committee  I would agree with that, if both parents are on a reasonably equal basis going in. If, because of procedural manipulation, the child has spent a large amount of time with one particular parent prior to the case being considered, and that parent is able to poison the child against the other parent, then, because the child has already been poisoned, the legal representation of the child may be biased against the parent, and subsequently you don't get a fair decision.

Justice committee  Good evening, everyone. I'm the president of a national parents organization, and before that I was involved in a number of parent support groups, going back almost three decades. During that time, we've done a lot of public opinion surveys, as well as having parents approach us.