Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank all the witnesses for being here today to discuss this important matter. I am very happy to hear their testimony.
My questions will have to do with the procedural side of things, and I would like to address them to Chief Duraiappah.
Chief Duraiappah, I have a two-part question. First, where do you place a possible controlling or coercive conduct offence on the spectrum of offences related to acts of violence, such as assault, harassment, threatening or conspiring to commit assault?
Second, how would one of your police officers determine that such conduct, such an offence, was indeed going on when he arrived at the site of the alleged offence?