In essence, that's why we are here. This private member's bill was proposed by a no doubt well-intentioned member who was concerned about problems associated with spousal violence and who would like to see a similar type of program in place for women who are afraid their husbands will assault them or, perhaps for the handful of husbands who are afraid that their wives will assault them, although that's a fairly rare occurrence.
On April 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.