Justice committee  I hope you misunderstood because I agree with that completely.

Justice committee  What I meant was simply that a victim is a victim and not a member of a particular group. Men are equally victimized in family violence. It's not my number. I didn't pull it out of a hat. It's a number that comes from a long line of Stats Canada surveys over many years. In fact,

Justice committee  We have it.

Justice committee  He may have been referring to Australia. I believe he might have been. Australia's shared parenting legislation was, as you said earlier, not fifty-fifty, but anywhere from 35% and up, and the vast majority of those shared parenting circumstances were at the lower end. There were

Justice committee  I acknowledge that it would be helpful, but it doesn't go far enough. We see constant denigration of relationships between parents with the current regime. There's nothing guaranteeing that will change just by enumerating the factors to consider in the child's best interests. In

Justice committee  I have a couple of comments to make about that. There are presumptions currently in place. The presumption, for example, of the best interests of the child, that's a presumption that we take. The presumption that the parents will work together is also a presumption we take, that

Justice committee  Is there any time left?

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and committee members, for having us here today. I represent the Canadian Centre for Men and Families, which is associated with the Canadian Association for Equality. With me today is Professor Jess Haines from the University of Guelph. The Canadi