I was a minister for 10 years. I didn't have a chance to do a private member's bill. I've worked in the area of ending violence against women my whole life. After this research project that I did at university, I didn't turn my attention back to training of judges until the last few years that I've been the leader of the party and an MP again. When I had an opportunity to have a private member's bill, I started to look at ways to amend the Criminal Code around sexual assault. As I said, the more research I did, the more I realized that our laws were robust, so I started to turn my attention to how we can make the system better.
The truth is that there is a widespread consensus now that the way to make the system better is through education and training. This is a very basic thing for us to be able to do.
It's timely. I truly believe that it's not just advocates anymore; it's people in the judiciary as well who welcome this change.