Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I go to a lot of trouble to prepare amendments for committees, and I just want it on the record that this is not my choice. I'd have had more rights if you hadn't passed the motion.
I'll now move to my amendment.
As the committee knows, many representatives from groups that represent seniors, the elders of this country—Dementia Justice Canada, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and others—have seen in this bill, Bill C-16, which I support because it is important to end coercive control over intimate partners.... There's also an issue of coercive control over seniors who are relatives. In that context, all of my amendments speak to the same issue: extending the prevention of coercive control over intimate partners to include, throughout the legislation, those who are seniors, those who are family members and those who experience coercive control through other methods.
PV-1 is very simple. This is the simplest style of motion. You're right that PV-4 is longer and more complete in its attempt. It is to add “or relative” after “intimate partner”. As you see, it would replace line 15 on page 2.