Perhaps I can provide a little bit of background to that.
There have been studies done. I don't have specific figures, but we do have available a summary of a report that provides some of the situations where emergency protection orders would have assisted those women—and men—who were in peril, or who were in situations of domestic violence, and would probably have de-escalated the situation.
An important part of the emergency protection orders is that it provides for up to 90 days, on an immediate basis, for exclusive occupation on application. In conversation with some Alberta managers of first nation shelters, one of the attendees was excited to hear about it and asked if it could be extended. In their community, their approach is holistic. They work with the offender and the family to try to rehabilitate the family. Sometimes it takes longer than the 90 days, so she was hoping that an extension could be sought.
So that is provided for as well. In the Senate, the amendment provided that now the extension, or the changing of the order beyond the 90 days, could be at the discretion of the judge. Originally in the bill, it was just an additional 90 days, for a total of 180 days; now a judge has the discretion to extend that.
That would probably address...in that community, if they made representation, they might be able to extend it beyond that.