Thank you for the question, MP Chang.
The current bill, as it stands, adds provisions for animal victims, as well as survivors of intimate partner violence. The challenge is that the system is not there to support survivors with pets or animals. I believe only 28% of anti-violence shelters accept animals. We welcome this bill for the provisions it adds for animal victims of this type of violence, because they are very often used as pawns in abusers' tactics to terrorize their victims.
It's the systemic supports that exist beyond the criminal element that we need to beef up.