Justice committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. I'm here and ready to work. We're starting by engaging stakeholders and listening. I don't want to come in with a pre-established agenda, even though there are clear issues that need to be tackled. I think we need to hear directly from victims and survivors of crime across the country: What are the pressing issues right now that need to be moved on?

Justice committee  We have an advisory committee that we're ready to re-engage, service providers across the country who are keenly interested in this issue and a number of women's organizations and groups that are very interested in monitoring this outcome. We'll look to stay on top of how it's being used in the courts.

Justice committee  Thank you. Honourable Chairperson and members of the committee, thank you for the invitation today. It's very nice to meet you all. Today we are here on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I acknowledge our shared responsibility and my personal responsibility to work to address historical and ongoing colonialism, racism and oppression of indigenous peoples.