I don't think there is a legislative solution to the problem of gender-based violence to be found within the Criminal Code.
I think it's incredibly tempting—and I say this as someone who is a lawyer—for us to look to law as the solution to these problems, but as you've heard from, I think, many witnesses, the tools exist in the Criminal Code. It's a question of how those tools are applied, and it's a question of the supports that are provided, both to people accused of crimes and to victims to ensure they are safe.
I would say that I don't think there are changes that need to be made in the Criminal Code at this point.
