Mr. Chair, we do know that obviously there's a chance, a five times greater chance, of a fatality involving intimate partner violence when there's a firearm present, so it's very difficult to surmise what could have been prevented or not.
Again, our organization and I believe our policing profession support initiatives that will enhance public safety, but in particular, when we look at intimate partner violence in Canada, we see that we have a significant amount of work to do. In particular, the pandemic exacerbated intimate partner violence from coast to coast to coast, so naturally, anything that we see as a progressive piece of policy that may ensure safety from intimate partner violence, particularly, generally speaking, of females, is a positive step forward.
Again, it's important to note that there's a five times greater chance of an intimate partner violence fatality when there's a firearm in the home. That being said, it's something that you want to evaluate and monitor, as with any public policy or legislative change, to see what the outcome will be once we see that change.