In general, in the sexual violence prevention space within post-secondary communities, there's a really big lack of resources and support. There's often only one sexual violence prevention adviser per campus doing the work of taking in reports, education and so many more other tasks. They're amazing people doing such important work, but it's just too much for folks to be doing. I think is something we're trying to do in our work, creating that cross-provincial conversation.
When the ruling initially came out, there was so much panic and concern about what it actually meant. When I first saw it, I thought it meant that someone can get drunk and assault someone else. The term “extreme intoxication” is something that people really didn't understand. That misinformation caused a lot of fear. I think creating that plain language interpretation of these things and a communications strategy, as someone mentioned previously, would be really valuable because the legal jargon can be very confusing.
I also think that the people who are going to really try to understand what something means in the law are not the people who are going to cause harm. The people who cause harm may see a headline and think they can get away with things that they couldn't beforehand.