Thank you, Chair.
You'll recall that when we were going through testimony, I wasn't opposed to having a list. In fact, I think a list of what constitutes coercive control would be very helpful in the training of police officers and justices. I don't really like this list compared to the list England has, because I think there are some problems in this one.
Let's think about the limit on medications. I was thinking of some of my family members who are bipolar, for example. Sometimes they think they're feeling well and they don't want to take their medication, and their partner basically forces them to take their medication; otherwise, they escalate into a bad place. That's one of the things that are considered coercive control in this list.
I would rather not have the list in there. I thought originally that having a list would mean more convictions, but we heard testimony that in England, 6% of cases that were brought forward saw prosecution, and out of the 700 that were prosecuted, only 3% saw conviction. I'm not sure that this is going to actually fix the problem.
I think there might be a couple of things on the list that are problematic, so I'd prefer not to have it.