Status of Women committee  Thank you for your leadership on that issue and for picking up the torch from Jennifer Kagan. I think judicial education is essential. As I said, in 2022, you can't be a family court judge and not understand family violence and coercive control, period.

Status of Women committee  We have to give examples. I think we have to find every avenue possible, whether it's through public service announcements or whether it's through educating counsellors. I think ultimately it's to teenagers in high schools and in dating relationships, making sure they understand

Status of Women committee  Children need access to trauma counselling, and they're not getting very much. There's no universal program across Canada. I work with children who were at the scene of a domestic homicide, and it's fate or luck, depending on where they were and the follow-up with victim services

Status of Women committee  Yes, I think we could do a better job. I do acknowledge that it's going to be challenging. I like what we have in the Divorce Act. Now it's a question of just educating people about what it means. I think we have to define it. For 20 years, we've had something called a power and

Status of Women committee  I'm inspired every day by Canada. We have all of the answers within our reach. We have lots of model programs, some of which you've heard about during the testimony. What we lack is better collaboration between the federal and provincial governments. I realize there are many th

Status of Women committee  I agree. There are some unique issues in Quebec and other provinces. When victims are coming forward to Family Court and talking about coercive control, they're accused of turning the children against their partner. They're accused of alienation. That is a serious concern. There

Status of Women committee  The answer is definitely yes. Changing the law is useless if you don't back it up with education. It should be part of what every lawyer gets in law school, what every social worker and psychologist gets as part of their training. There should be a very active public education

Status of Women committee  We don't have to reinvent the wheel. We have the material.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for that question. The first thing I should say is that I circulated with the clerk a report we did for WAGE on all the prevention programs we have evaluated across Canada. I recommend you review that report, but the highlights are that we have unique opportu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, my neighbour in the Thames Valley. Members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, thank you for this opportunity to address the committee. I want to focus on the harm of living with domestic violence for children. They often face death, trauma