I am absolutely certain that she would say there's been a great deal of improvement. She would have been happy to see what's happening.
In fact, I wrote an article about that two years ago to describe how the situation has progressed. I can tell you that not much has changed. There have been some very positive steps forward and were happy to see that consultations were carried out in connection with the bill. However, some points were not taken into consideration.
It's being worked on, though, using an open and receptive approach.
Violence against disabled women, for example, is still not a priority. Support services for victims of violence are still not included in the bill, meaning that the provincial legislation takes things farther than the federal legislation. Once we're dealing with provincial areas of jurisdiction, the bill is narrower in scope. Nevertheless, we feel that it's a tool, and that's very important to us.
Maria Barile would be pleased with all the changes that are being made, but much remains to be done.