Certainly, Chair.
In the circumstance that Monsieur Fortin has described, you'd have a person who has threatened suicide or self-harm. Let's say a court has found that this act could reasonably be expected to cause the intimate partner to believe their safety is threatened. That could form part of the pattern of conduct that is the act element of this offence. However, in addition to proving the pattern of conduct, a prosecutor will also have to prove the intent element or recklessness, as I've already described.
It's not technically accurate to say that one act of threatening suicide that implicates the intimate partner's safety would result in a conviction. The offence is more rigorous than that. It requires proof of the accused having engaged in a pattern of conduct, which that could form a part of, and also having the requisite intent element as per proposed subsection 264.01(1).