Thank you, Chair.
I guess I'll stick with Mr. Ludmer for the moment.
You mentioned peer-reviewed studies that cite that if the child can have two parents the better off the child will be, and that many studies speak of the virtue of shared parenting. I wouldn't disagree with that, but it's a far cry from that to presume in any given case that there is a circumstance of equal parenting.
This bill is founded on the principle of the best interests of the child. What's wrong with starting from that point and evaluating the circumstances as they play out?