Thank you.
I want to thank the witnesses on this most important topic for coming today.
My first question is for you, Ms. Schoepflin. In recent years, governments have begun to recognize coercive control as part of intimate partner violence. I'm hearing that for seniors, particularly older women, coercion often occurs in caregiving or dependency relationships rather than traditional intimate partnerships.
Do you believe the way in which our laws and policies currently understand coercive control is too narrow? Should it explicitly include seniors and other vulnerable adults who may be coerced through dependency, housing or financial control rather than physical violence alone?