Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that clause 1(1) of Bill 3 be amended by deleting the definition "spouse" and by substituting the following definition in alphabetical order. Spouse means:
(a) either of a man and a woman who;
(1) are married to each other;
(2) have together entered into a marriage that is voidable or void in good faith on the part of the person asserting the right under this Act;
(3) having cohabited outside marriage if they:
(A) have cohabited for a period of at least two years; or
(B) have cohabited in a relationship of some permanence and are together the natural or adoptive parents of a child;
(b) a person who has cohabited with another person of the same gender for a period of at least two years.