Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
To the witnesses, thank you for your presentation. I appreciate it very much.
I have to say there have been all kinds of recommendations, in fact, over 100,000 recommendations. I was on the status of women committee in 2010 when we engaged in that travel across the country. We talked to women. We talked to them about what was happening to them. We talked about solutions. In regard to those solutions, they said that there has to be action.
The 2011 report was less than reassuring, and we haven't seen any of the action that you many of us have been talking about, so let's get down to action.
One of the things we're talking about is a national action plan that would provide an investment in front-line services and shelters on reserve. When we went out in 2010, women said, “We are abused. We're in danger, and there is nowhere to go.” They said there was a housing crisis on reserve and there was nowhere they could be safe. They had to travel hundreds of miles, with their kids, into a strange community in order to feel safe.
In terms of that and that plea for support, should there be a national action plan that does provide those front-line services and shelters on reserve, to make sure that women and girls experiencing the violence get immediate support at home with their community and with those who would make them feel safe and comfortable in place? Is that a possibility in terms of what this committee should be recommending?