Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, indicated in the information that the Minister provided were tools that could be used to assist victims of family violence. In some other jurisdictions, they have something called an emergency intervention order, which does things like restrain the abuser from communicating with or contacting the victim or members of the victim's family. It gives the victim exclusive occupation of the home. It directs a peace officer to remove the abuser from the home, seize weapons, and accompany the abuser to the home to retrieve personal belongings, measures such as this.
We have indications that our shelters are filled to capacity and turning quite a number of victims away. I wanted to ask the Minister, is there any way we could adopt any interim measures prior to legislation being completed and passed that would assist police officers and social workers in dealing with victims of family violence? Thank you.