Thanks very much for the question.
The peace bond is a measure that would allow real limitations on a family from removing a child or a young girl from Canada for the purposes of allowing a forced marriage or an underage marriage to take place, by essentially allowing a court to set limits on the behaviour of the family in question. It could be suspension or lack of access to a travel document. It could be an order not to travel. It could be an order to report to the court on a regular basis on certain fronts to make sure that what had been agreed, and what was feared with regard to forced or early marriage, doesn't happen.
In other words, it allows a court to set limits on the behaviour of the family, including the travel of the family, that would prevent a forced or early marriage from happening either in Canada or outside of Canada, without criminal charges having to be laid. That is the advantage.
We all know there is a phenomenon—police officers will be particularly aware of this—of family members not wishing or not being able to press charges against one another. A peace bond is an alternative solution that has an equally beneficial result: the prevention of an early or forced marriage.