I remember from my time as Minister of Immigration some of the conversations with settlement service organizations about the challenges of newcomers, especially women who found themselves under the thumb of an abusive partner or spouse, and the need to provide them with support and equip the law with the tools necessary to deter that kind of behaviour, which can have devastating impacts and long-lasting trauma as they settle.
Again, thank you, and thank you to Mr. Garrison, obviously, for the work.
I want to come to a more technical aspect, and that is the term itself: coercive and controlling behaviour. I understand that perhaps the genesis of that expression finds itself in other areas of the law, including in family law. I wonder if you could speak a bit to that.
I was a prosecutor before I got into politics. You alluded to this in answer to Mr. Moore's question on the need for training. This also aligns with the need for awareness, but can you speak to how you came to land on this term?