Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for their testimonies today.
Over the past three years, I've had a lot of women come forward in my constituency office to describe their marital lives. This past week I had a woman sit across the table from me and describe in quite explicit detail 23 years of physical abuse and mental abuse, with three children under the age of 13.
Can you tell us, Dr. Irvine and Ms. Wolff, what the statistics are when it comes to family violence, when it comes to the difference between males and females? Also, how do you think this bill would impact those three children who have watched for 13 years abuse happen to one of their parents?
Dr. Irvine, you can go first.