Absolutely. At the end of the day, for me it's an opportunity to criminalize behaviour, and it's behaviour that is obviously unacceptable. It's abusive. We believe that any learned abusive behaviour can be unlearned, but this is one way to hold the abusive person accountable. Coupled with that there needs to be training and counselling services for all family members who are impacted by domestic violence, including the abusive person, because we know that if you provide help to him, that behaviour can change and that will make a difference, so it's all of it.
On February 4th, 2021. See this statement in context.