Certainly.
In addition to the femicide charges—again, getting into a separate but related bill, in my view—we also want to make changes to the criminal law that will potentially intervene before a relationship becomes violent and before violence becomes fatal. That's why establishing a stand-alone crime of coercive control is so important.
When it comes to reverse onuses, to go back to your previous question, we also have measures that apply to human smuggling and human trafficking, which can often be intertwined with some of the issues you raised. There's a lot of material to help address some of these challenges, but to the extent that the committee identifies further ways in which the criminal law can offer protection to women facing violence or prevent femicides going forward, I would welcome your feedback.
