Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can't answer specifically if we would help them with restraining orders or not. It would depend on the circumstances. But I can say that is why we fund the counsellors and the family violence shelters within the communities and the support services to provide some of that assistance and counselling to the victims to see what options they have. Unfortunately, as I spoke of earlier on this matter, it is often the victim who has to be removed from the community because that's all that's allowed at this stage. There's no legislative requirement or authority for us to remove the perpetrator. Until we get to the point where it's not a commonly-accepted occurrence within communities and the community deals with it, we're hoping that some of the community-based justice reform that we're doing through the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the other partners, will try to identify and reach some kind of mechanism where we can make this type of a situation a lot more comfortable and accommodating for the victims of these types of actions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Kelvin Ng on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 21st, 1996. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 20th, 1996
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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