Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for being present here today and for your dedication and long-time work on this very important issue.
I will start with Ms. Irons.
On behalf of the whole committee, we're very sorry for the tragedy you have experienced. You have come here today and testified in such detail to a painful and deeply disturbing event in your life, and we thank you for your courage in that as well.
I would like to start with this. You have advocated your whole life for recognizing the importance of patterns of coercive control and these kinds of behaviours in intimate partner violence. What are your thoughts on the part of the bill that would require a first-degree murder charge in cases of femicide where a pattern of abusive, harassing, coercive or violent behaviour can be demonstrated to the court?