Madam Chair, what is happening to these women is obviously a tragedy. I think committee members agree that it's not a matter of choosing on a first-come, first-served basis, and that sometimes there are urgent situations. We saw this in the case of Sport Canada; it was in the news. We adjusted our schedule and bumped meetings to deal with the health of women and girls in sport.
I mentioned coercive control simply because I wanted to show that we still have other studies to carry out. I was not at all opposing this study. In fact, I was merely trying to strike a compromise. For example, instead of holding eight meetings, could we hold six? That would let us understand the urgency of coercive control. We could have six meetings and then move on to the other studies.
I am only trying to take into account how pressing this other type of violence is, and the various studies we need to do on other issues of concern to women. Having said that, I know that this study is more relevant, according to current events, at present.
The compromise I suggest to the committee is simply to reduce the number of meetings.