Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank the mover and the seconder for bringing this motion forward. I am in support of this motion, and I just have a few brief comments.

We have a very high incidence of domestic violence in our territory, unfortunately, and that’s been pointed out already. The thing that I struggle with, that I have difficulty with is that we can’t seem to find a solution. It’s a very complicated issue, but we continue to work to try to make things better, to try to reduce the incidents of domestic violence in our territory.

One of the organizations that are doing good work and that is attempting to bring down the incidence of domestic violence is the Coalition on Family Violence, and we have funded them for quite some time. I think that this motion will enhance the work that the coalition has done and is doing. It simply asks for an investigation of a domestic violence review committee, a committee which can look at an incident of domestic violence death, can determine why it occurred and can look at ways to prevent that from happening. We’re never going to stop domestic violence unless we put more… I don’t want to say more money. We need to put a greater emphasis on prevention. I think we have

some, but I think it needs to be a mindset that’s a little closer to the front of mind as opposed to the back of mind. Anything we can do to prevent domestic violence is simply going to make life better for our residents, Mr. Speaker.

I am in support of the motion. I thank the mover and the seconder for bringing it forward. I encourage my colleagues to support the motion as well. Thank you.