Thank you. I will be sharing my time with my friend Mr. Harris.
Thank you for being here this morning.
I'm glad the government has pointed out that the Minister of Immigration has taken consultations in regard to the abuse of and violence against women. In terms of the government's record, we saw even this morning that the Prime Minister was unable to identify even one witness who actually supported the unfair elections act.
Hopefully that won't be the case in this study, because I know that every single one of the witnesses who have appeared in front of this committee have been very critical of the two years that are required for a spouse to be in a relationship where she may be abused and may be unable to get outside of that relationship, fearing that she'll be deported. I know that the witnesses here are against such a provision, and I hope the government and the minister are listening to all of the witnesses in this committee.
I want to get back to the issue of isolation. You talked about how women are isolated from the community and also from family. We've seen the record under this government where parent reunification, family reunification, takes eight years. It takes eight years for a family reunification to occur.
Do you think that family reunification will help reduce violence? If a person, a spouse, is isolated here, would having that family here help reduce violence against women?