Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her speech. The Standing Committee on the Status of Women is currently studying this increase, this femicide epidemic. Yesterday, former senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu came to testify, and I would like to hear what my colleague has to say about Bill S-205.
My colleague spoke about violence against women, but we do not understand why, in Bill S-205, the maximum period of good behaviour was reduced from 2 years to 12 months, when, for some criminals, this is an extremely critical period of time. This is precisely the time when they harbour animosity towards their former spouse, and that can last more than 12 months. Reducing this maximum period from 2 years to 12 months is only one of the ill-advised measures adopted when we finally voted again on Bill S-205.