Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thanks to all the witnesses. We might say that the testimony from this second group with us today is very dense. Their day-to-day work on issues of violence against women or violence inflicted by an intimate partner is truly admirable.
Mr. Jaffe, my first question is for you.
We all know that in order to end the cycle of violence, we have to do more work upstream. Multiple witnesses have told the committee this.
As we know, coercive conduct by an aggressor is often a precursor to physical violence, which is why it is important to recognize this coercive control. However, we know that recognition of this doesn't come just by waving a magic wand. We can agree on that, from all the testimony heard by the committee. But it is one tool among others. We have heard about training for actors in the judicial system, but there is also prevention among the general public and supporting women throughout the reporting process.
For all these reasons, do you think it is still important to incorporate coercive control into the law, to reinforce all the prevention, training and support measures?