I'll begin by clarifying something. We are not aware of provincial police practices with respect to charging people involved in incidents of domestic violence. That's what I interpreted the question to be.
The purpose of this exception provision and why it's important to keep it is to set a high and fair threshold for denying people who are experiencing violence in their life the right to take the proposed leave. The exception provision allows the leave to be denied in only two circumstances—the ones I mentioned earlier. If the provision were removed, an employee who's charged with an offence, as you noted, related to the act of family violence for which they're requesting leave.... Being charged with an offence is a formal process that involves the judicial system. That individual could benefit from the leave if the exception is removed. In addition, an employee who probably, considering the circumstances, committed the act—which means that it's very likely, and not just possible, that the employee is the perpetrator of the violence—would also benefit from the leave.