Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I also want to thank the witnesses for participating in today's meeting. Ms. Dhillon, I hope you can hear the simultaneous interpretation.
You talked earlier about the importance of sending a strong message. Everyone around this table agrees that any kind of violence against women, including forced marriage, is unacceptable. The debate is rather about the best way to counter that type of violence. You talked about how important it is to send a strong message. In the latest budget, which was tabled last week, the only funding set aside for promoting any kind of a message was intended for promoting the Conservatives' budget and not for combatting violence against women.
You said that you spent 14 years in an abusive situation. During that time, you had rights as a woman. What finally helped you break the silence? Was it a new bill? What helped break that silence?