Absolutely. Of course, we're talking here about two different issues, because some of the women who come are victims of abuse and they flee their country and come here and make claims for refugee protection based on abuse. Those women have to go through the refugee process and they have to establish that they are victims of abuse, and they have to establish the facts to a balance of probabilities.
Women who are in Canada who are sponsored and who are victims of abuse also have two scenarios. The women who are sponsored, who came as sponsored permanent residents are now on the conditional visa. It's not clear what the burden of proof is on them to establish abuse. It's not clear from the regulation and from the policies to what level they have to do that.
The third scenario is that of women who are in Canada, who are sponsored in Canada, and who are being processed in Canada. Those women are the most vulnerable because they don't have any status. If the sponsorship is cancelled at any time, then their case is closed and they can be deported. That's what happened to my client. That's the biggest problem and that's where the greatest vulnerability is. That's where we need to have a clear policy so that if that happens and the sponsorship is stopped in the context of abuse, there has to be a public policy that requires that before any removal takes place the woman be given an opportunity to establish the abuse. I would agree that there should be the same low threshold.