Hon. Renée Dupuis: Would Senator Dalphond agree to a question?

Senator Dupuis: Senator Dalphond, thank you for your speech. Do you think this multi-faceted bill should be studied by several committees at the same time, whether it’s the Legal Affairs Committee, the Social Affairs Committee or the Indigenous Peoples Committee?

Senator Dalphond: I want to thank Senator Dupuis, because that is an excellent question. I think it may even be a suggestion that she is making indirectly to the chamber, because violence varies. There is a legal aspect, of course, but there is also a social aspect. Then there is the Indigenous dimension because, as we know, the number of Indigenous women filing complaints is twice as high and the risk is even higher in remote communities. There are different needs for specific groups, and the committees could look at these different characteristics of domestic violence.

(On motion of Senator Clement, debate adjourned.)

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On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Boyer, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marwah, for the second reading of Bill S-250, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures).