Justice committee  Okay.

Justice committee  We move on to amendment CPC-2. Mr. Carrie.

Justice committee  Are there any other comments? Mr. Fraser.

Justice committee  Does anyone wish to comment?

Justice committee  Are there any more comments? Mr. Fraser.

Justice committee  I think we're ready to proceed to a vote. (Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings]) We're now moving to amendment LIB-6. Mr. McKinnon.

Justice committee  I don't have a problem with the current language in the bill, because it states very clearly that it is “to the extent that it is appropriate to do so”, and clearly, in the case of family or domestic violence it wouldn't be appropriate to do so, and of course there could be other

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wonder whether the Department of Justice officials have any comments.

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I wish to withdraw that amendment.

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. I'll start with Professor Fabricius. One of the arguments that is often put forward about why Canada should not move towards a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting is that it didn't work particularly well in Australia. I w

Justice committee  How many states have equal shared parenting legislation on the books?

Justice committee  To shift gears, can you speak to any Canadian peer-reviewed experts on equal shared parenting?

Justice committee  Thank you. In terms of the Australian experience, you said, Professor, that they didn't pass legislation for equal shared parenting. You said it was something the judge might consider. Could you maybe explain that a little more. A number of witnesses have appeared before the com