In response, Madam Chair, certainly within the Criminal Code there is a variety of offences that provide the police of the jurisdiction the ability when certain criteria are met.
When a member responds to a residence or to a complaint, the member will take a series of factors into consideration. Again, if there's a form of abuse, whether it's fraud, assault, sexual assault, uttering threats, criminal harassment, or another offence under the Criminal Code, we certainly will have that ability, as long as we have enough information from the victim, the witness, or whoever else may in fact be considered within the police investigation report that goes to the crown. After that point, the Department of Justice in the respective area would take over.