Chair, I would like to move a subamendment to NDP-1.
I completely agree with the content of the amendment. The problem is that for things like probation orders, interim orders, protection orders, all of these definitions are not defined in federal law. They're provincial. The reason the original bill didn't include a prescribed definition was that there still needs to be consultation with provinces, territories and indigenous stakeholders. The subamendment that I'm going to propose—and I'll read it to you in just one second—still contains the list of items (a) through (f), which are very important and would set a minimum standard that we're looking for.
If colleagues can look at the amendment before them, it would delete, after the word “means”, so “protection order means”, until the end, and would be replaced by “protection order means any order made by a Court in the interest of the safety and security of a person; this includes, but is not limited to”, and then it's the list.
I think it contains the intent of what Mr. Julian has put forward for us, which is a very important amendment to this bill to improve the safety of mostly women but also anyone who requires a protection order. It just gives flexibility to consult with provinces, territories, indigenous stakeholders, but, importantly, what his amendment is doing is setting that minimum standard that we can't go below.