Status of Women committee  Thanks for the question. To clarify, Bill S-205 would not be taking it out. What the changes—

Status of Women committee  No. Bill C-233 received royal assent on April 27, 2023, and came into force 30 days after that, at the end of May 2023. It requires that in every case of domestic violence in which violence was used, threatened or attempted, including violence against an intimate partner, the jud

Status of Women committee  In terms of the rationale for this particular motion or voting down this particular motion, there's no coordination needed anymore with Bill C-233 because the provision that would have needed to be coordinated has been removed in a previous motion on this bill.

Status of Women committee  Each province has different uses of the electronic bracelets, so it really depends on the jurisdiction and how efficient the technology is. It's hard to say right now if that technology would permit what you're proposing. I think it probably would in some places, but I just don't

Status of Women committee  I can speak to the effect of the G-1 motion that was voted on previously, if that's helpful to the committee. The effect of the G-1 motion was that electronic monitoring would not be explicitly listed as a bail condition that a court could impose for all offences. That's what Bi

Status of Women committee  I believe the provision would read, “If an information has been laid under subsection 810(1)...before the day on which this Act comes into force by a person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person will commit an offence that will cause personal injury”. “Another perso

Status of Women committee  The part of G-3 that is being reflected here is just the change that was made to allow another person to bring a peace bond on the intimate partner's behalf. There's some updating to this provision—which is a transitional provision—to reflect that change made in G-3.

Status of Women committee  It would allow, for example, a police officer to bring the peace bond on behalf of the intimate partner, or it could be a support person, such as an intimate partner's sister. Someone who's close to the intimate partner could bring the peace bond on her behalf.

Status of Women committee  The judge needs to assess the peace bond. They will bring all the parties into the courtroom to assess whether or not they're going to order the peace bond. They look at whether there's a reasonable fear and whether that reasonable fear is objective from the perspective of a thir

Status of Women committee  This is a technical drafting question. My understanding is that the “or” is interpreted as “and” as well. If you say, “going to any specified place or being within a specified distance”, the defendant would have to comply with both of those things. Does that make sense?

Status of Women committee  No, that isn't necessary.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I don't believe that we—

Status of Women committee  I don't believe that G-9 is consequential to G-3. The reason for G-9 is that this additional wording, “if the Attorney General has consented to this condition”, was actually added in the Senate, I believe, so the original bill didn't have that wording. When they added this wordin

Status of Women committee  Exactly. The wording enables judges to impose any condition considered desirable to ensure the good conduct of the defendant or to secure the safety and security of the informant.

Status of Women committee  No.