Public Safety committee  It is known that the sale of firearms has increased significantly in the last decade. For that reason alone, we need to address firearms. There needs to be more control. The section about revoking a licence, I do believe, will make a difference. I will slip in here the importan

Public Safety committee  Yes, it seems altogether reasonable to me. I think there should also be consequences if it's not complied with.

Public Safety committee  I think Louise explained quite well the preoccupations or the reservations that exist in terms of the red flag part of the act. I think this is a technicality. I'm not sure whether I said in my brief I that oppose it, although I agree with the brief submitted by the National Asso

Public Safety committee  Yes, I think it is a well-known fact that the court system is very burdensome. It's a heavy system. We know that different provinces are taking different measures to address this, as in Quebec in the last year. Maybe Louise can speak more directly to that specific court system to

Public Safety committee  Yes, of course. My view is that there is no reason or circumstance that should make employment a determining factor. Recently in Gatineau there was a case of domestic violence for which the accused admitted his guilt, but the judge determined that he should not have a criminal

Public Safety committee  Sure. It definitely is an additional tool, but I think the other side of that coin is that we have to make sure that the onus doesn't fall on the women. By having that tool, the other piece of this, the part that we were just talking about, which is the responsibility of the fir

Public Safety committee  You'd want to make sure that they can easily have access to that judicial system, for example, and either a shelter or another service provider, so that there is that easy access for that reporting mechanism and so that the reporting mechanism will be swift as well.

Public Safety committee  Actually, yes. I could get the exact citations, but I believe, according to the Canadian Femicide Observatory, most women who are killed with guns are killed by legal gun owners.

Public Safety committee  Sure.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee. Before I begin my presentation, I would like to express my frustration at the late invitation, three days prior, to appear before this committee. We are a small organization with limited resources and a very full agen

Status of Women committee  It is one device in a toolbox. It is one tool among others. As I said, it is very important to have everything in place. Before we start using electronic bracelets, we must ensure that the police have the training and the skills they need and that they are able to respond to the

Status of Women committee  Maybe Lorie can answer this as well. Again, it's a hodgepodge across the country. In Ontario, specifically in Toronto, there are good interpretation services available. As well, in Quebec they have SOS violence conjugale. In a place like Manitoba, they're few and far between.

Status of Women committee  You need to have the voices of those most impacted inform the systemic change that needs to happen. They are the ones who are falling through the cracks. You need to hear from them directly. We have a large bureaucracy that does really good work and keeps the wheels turning, but

Status of Women committee  There have been developments in the United Kingdom and a certain amount of experience has been gained. That also answers the other question about policies and about looking at other countries' experience. The entire matter of coercive control has been studied by a parliamentary

Status of Women committee  In terms of the story that Giulia talked about, what came to mind was Clare's law. Clare's law was first adopted in Saskatchewan. It's recently been adopted in Alberta and I believe in one of the Atlantic provinces. For me, that's an example of what Canada's national action plan