Exactly.
Mr. Melamed, thank you for being here. Your expertise is well known in the family law bar in Toronto. I also salute your astuteness in recognizing the expertise of your better half, Ms. Kraicer, who is indeed quite a constitutional force .
I had a few questions. We have about six minutes, so I'd ask you to keep your responses somewhat brief.
We've had a bit of a discussion about equal parenting over the last several days and the equal parenting provision. You've heard some of the submissions that were made just now.
There was a committee called the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access in 1998. It specifically said that a presumption in favour of a particular parenting arrangement would not likely be in the best interests of children. I want to have your comments on that 1998 finding and your reflections on the direction of the statute as it sits before you now. It does not contain an equal parenting presumption, and that was quite deliberate.