I would add that we would really like to see mandatory screening for family violence “by any legal adviser”, as I think is the term in the bill.
It's not possible to know just by looking at a client whether they have been a victim of domestic violence. Many survivors of that violence do not disclose that information until they're asked. They're afraid to. They're afraid the lawyer won't believe them, or they're afraid there may be repercussions from their abusive spouse. They're ashamed, they're embarrassed or they're worried that we as their lawyers may judge them for that.
The use of a standardized screening tool, a mandatory screening tool, would be extremely helpful. It would then guide the discussion from that point on, and as both my colleagues have said, it in no way takes alternative dispute resolution off the table. It just doesn't preference it in the way the bill currently does.