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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 9
Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 3:55 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Karen Vecchio, Chair (Conservative)

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• Eric Melillo for Michelle Ferreri (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Clare Annett, Analyst
• Dominique Montpetit, Analyst
Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence in Canada
Alliance des maisons d’hébergement de 2e étape pour femmes et enfants victimes de violence conjugale
• Sabrina Lemeltier, President
• Maud Pontel, General Coordinator
Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society
• Josie Nepinak, Executive Director
Battered Women's Support Services
• Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director
BC Lions
• Jamie Taras, Director of Community Partnerships
Ending Violence Association of British Columbia
• Ninu Kang, Executive Director
Possibility Seeds
• Farrah Khan, Executive Director
South Asian Women's Centre
• Kripa Sekhar, Executive Director
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the committee resumed its study of intimate partner and domestic violence in Canada.

Angela Marie MacDougall, Farrah Khan and Kripa Sekhar made statements and answered questions.

At 4:55 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:59 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Maude Pontel, Ninu Kang, Jamie Taras and Josie Nepinak made statements and, with Sabrina Lemeltier, answered questions.

Committee Business
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

It was agreed, — That any confidential document provided to the clerk in relation to its study on intimate partner and domestic violence in Canada, be retained by the clerk until the end of the First Session of the 44th Parliament, and thereafter be destroyed.

At 5:55 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Alexie Labelle
Clerk of the Committee