Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the witnesses.
Thank you kindly for contributing to our study.
Welcome to both organizations. We're delighted to have you join us in Ottawa today for this important study that we are doing.
I'm certainly more familiar with The William G. Davis centre, so I'll be directing my questions to our witnesses from that organization during my short five-minute time.
I just want to pay particular tribute to the excellent collaboration and work that you have done. I have visited several times. We've also had Justice Minister MacKay attend as well to see the great work you are doing. I think it's a truly remarkable organization. The collaboration has been outstanding.
I have a couple of questions, Sharon and Rob, on how the centre operates and what you're doing. I'm assuming that you're operating on a set of common values. You mentioned that you have a number of different organizations that provide specialized services, in particular to victims of domestic violence. I would call it a one-stop shop centre. Tell me how that came to be. What was the rationale for doing that? Why were those organizations willing to come together under one roof to do that work?