Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question goes to Ms. Christianson-Wood.
Bill C-78 stresses the need for a dispute resolution mechanism, a process that would happen out of court.
That seems like a wise option to make the process of divorce easier. But does the bill contain the provisions needed to prevent the insistence on those mechanisms from creating disparities in access to justice as a result of a family’s social economic background? It is the poorest families who are directed to out-of-court processes because they do not have access to legal services.