MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OTTAWA, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (96) [English] The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology met this day at 5:27 p.m., in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Ratna Omidvar, presiding. Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Burey, Cordy, Dasko, Kingston, Mégie, Moodie, Omidvar, Osler, Petitclerc and Seidman (10). Participating in the meeting : Laura Blackmore, Mayra Perez -Leclerc and Diana Ambrozas, analysts, Library of Parliament. Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, June 1, 2023, the committee continued its study of Bill S -249,

An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the prevention of intimate partner violence. WITNESSES: Moose Hide Campaign: David Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer (by videoconference). Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.: Dodie Jordaan, Executive Director. DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada: Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer. Egale Canada: Brittany Jakubiec, Director, Research (by videoconference). South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario: Gurmat Randhawa, Staff Lawyer. As an individual: Dr. Rob Whitley, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University.

David Stevenson, Dodie Jordaan, Bonnie Brayton, Brittany Jakubiec, Gurmat Randhawa and Dr. Rob Whitley each made a statement and took questions to which they committed to provide written answers. At 6:17 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair. ATTEST: Ericka Dupont Clerk of the Committee