Thank you very much.
I want to thank all the witnesses for being here. It's a pleasure and an honour to be with you, in part because I have a child who is neurodiverse, my sisters are both teachers, and I practised and taught criminal law for a number of years. It feels like the intersection of those three things coming together. I thank you for the discussion and for your presence here.
It goes without saying that everybody here, including the panel, denounces any form of abuse. The question is this: How should the law properly respond to what is necessary—I suppose I could be using your words—for a “safe school environment”? That's where I take your positions.
In your opening statements, you got into the broad strokes. I'm not sure if, on behalf of both organizations, you could point specifically to the frailties of the removal of section 43. What would those be, please, from your experience?