Justice committee  I would. In B.C., you are able to leave. The other party doesn't have to be present. You can leave and then go to court to make that attestation. I think that's important, particularly for low-income women. They are often very fearful of the state and of their children being ap

Justice committee  The Family Law Act for B.C. provides that staff are trained and able to do those screenings. Elizabeth Fry Society has provided that training for the ministry for children and families, to enable them to do that screening as well. We have a particular expertise there. This act, h

Justice committee  The first thing in terms of resources to support children is to ensure that there are equitable resources available to women. That has not been our experience of what is provided. Women who have been victimized don't represent themselves well. They aren't articulate. They are ang

Justice committee  As it applies to couples with very restricted incomes, the capacity for redress over time is important. I will give you the example of students who go through something. Over time, we see men's opportunity and assets increase, yet there isn't an opportunity then to go back, becau

Justice committee  In the work that we do with the Ministry of Children and Family Development as it applies to supervised access, those do not appear to be and we've not been involved in any discovery of unfounded allegations. In my experience with those we work with, I take their complaints and t

Justice committee  Yes. I will contextualize it by saying, in the last year and a half, the Elizabeth Fry Society has been doing a lot of work in northern B.C., where we see that the majority of reasons indigenous people are entering the criminal justice system have to do with domestic violence and

Justice committee  I don't know the Canadian one.

Justice committee  Most women report domestic violence in a divorce situation. Of the women we work with domestic violence is not uncommon.

Justice committee  Thank you. I work for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver. E Fry is our registered trademark. We provide support services and programs for women, girls and children affected by the justice system. We are the oldest, most diversified and largest of the Elizabeth Fry so