Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, that's outside my area of expertise in terms of where we're at with digital connection. I do know that it's an issue that the Government of Canada has identified as important to work on and has been trying to address.

Status of Women committee  My answer to your question was perhaps too technical. I was trying to talk about how the research would be conducted. The Department of Justice will certainly review the information and decisions that will be reported from the courts in collaboration with the provinces and terri

Status of Women committee  Perhaps we should separate the issues a bit. [Technical difficulty—Editor] We know that another committee in Parliament is doing a study on this. That report recommends that the Department of Justice work with the provinces and territories to do a study on this recommendation. I

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that important question. Unfortunately, I don't think it's one that either of us is in a position to answer.

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, that's not something that I think we can speculate on.

Status of Women committee  Yes, the Department of Justice will be looking at these aspects, but they don't have the tools to collect this data.

Status of Women committee  That is correct.

Status of Women committee  No, [Technical difficulty—Editor] judges can already make the necessary provisions to protect victims and witnesses. The provisions of the bill specify that the judge must consider the device in certain cases and may impose it, if deemed necessary.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. What I meant to say was that within the Government of Canada, Statistics Canada will be doing this work. They determine the criteria. They work with our provincial and territorial counterparts to collect national data on different factors. One of the measures for [T

Status of Women committee  With the different laws that we have, sometimes it's hard to measure their effectiveness individually, but there have been a number of different laws that have been enacted by the federal government over the last few years, including the Divorce Act and the former Bill C-75, that

Status of Women committee  I'm happy to do that. It's the child's physical, emotional and psychological safety and well-being.

Status of Women committee  Yes. The operationalizing of the amendments would occur individually in different jurisdictions. Quebec might be ready for those changes. It might be easier for them to operationalize.

Status of Women committee  In order to follow the effects of the legislation, we would work with Statistics Canada and look at the different measures that it uses. It has a number of different surveys that could measure that type of information.

Status of Women committee  If I understand correctly, the Department of Justice wouldn't have a specific plan with respect to implementing electronic monitoring, because that would fall within the administrative jurisdiction of the provinces and territories. The Minister of Justice and the federal governm

Status of Women committee  Sure. I know you're short on time.