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    "content": "ress or we just observe in our communities. This Bill also encourages reporting of cases that may come to the attention of any good law-abiding citizen who observes or notices cases of abuse. This Bill protects them and also encourages them to go and report. It protects disclosure of such a witness or somebody reporting. It protects disclosure of such a witness or somebody reporting not to regret should there be fatal consequences or very grievous consequences of domestic abuse because they will have had an opportunity to do something about it. The fact that they can do anonymously and the matter be followed up, is quite a good Bill that will address that concern. Hon. Speaker, the Bill is not simply talking about rushing to court. The way I have read this Bill is not saying that when there is a case of violence, you quickly rush to court to go and seek redress. In fact, it encourages some ways of prevention. If you look at Clause 8(2), it encourages development of a policy and it should address issues that will assist to solve some of these issues before people rush to court. The policy referred to should also include matters of public education and awareness on issues relating to that. My take on this is that it is also seeking to look at what could be root causes of violence and how this can be addressed because this is very important. If we can address the causes, then I am sure even cases that will end up in court will be very few. We may be insensitive to this kind of a Bill because a majority of us did not suffer this kind of abuse. That is why we are here. If we had gone through what we have seen other people go through even as we were growing up, maybe by now we would have ended up in the streets or dropped out of school a long time ago. So, this Bill is not just urging everybody that whenever there is a slight indication of violence you rush to court. It is providing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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