Justice committee  May I just make one final comment in answering? You posed a question about when there is no family violence. One thing I thought of is that in the B.C. Family Law Act, a provision has been added that says that some of the circumstances relevant to what is in the best interests o

Justice committee  I know that in the panel before me, Ms. O'Brien referenced all durations in parental responsibility post-separation. All I can do in answering your question specifically is to leave it at that, because I don't have any further comments on whether, if there were no family violence

Justice committee  Good evening and thank you for inviting us to make submissions on Bill C-78. My name is Elba Bendo and I'm the director of law reform at West Coast LEAF. West Coast LEAF is a B.C.-based feminist legal advocacy organization. Our mandate is to use the law to create an equal and ju