I would remind the committee that this is a non-exhaustive list of factors. I'm sure that everybody can conceive of countless situations that they'd like to see covered in the factors. At the same time, we're quite confident that when those factors are relevant, they will be presented to the court and taken into consideration. For instance, bullying would be covered by the nature of the unhealthy relationship.
Mr. Seeback summed it up quite well. It says the “nature...of any relationship”, so even if it was a relationship that we wouldn't consider to be an ongoing one—say, a schoolyard relationship, an unhealthy relationship, an acquaintance type of relationship—it would still constitute a relationship. It's a broad concept that would not take away from the wording we've seen time and again in case law about the nature and history of a relationship and the spouse acting in self-defence knowing exactly what she is going to face if she doesn't take action.