Thank you very much.
I'd like to acknowledge that I am sitting here on the unceded land of the Mi'kmaq, very gratefully, thanks to them.
I'd like to ask a question of you, Madam Formsma, regarding friendship centres and what you are noticing with regard to violence against women and domestic violence. We are told that numbers show that statistically across the country in times like this, in this shutdown, violence and domestic violence have risen in many parts of the country, even up to 30%. It is why our government has put money into shelters and transition houses, with $207.5 million to support many organizations, $40 million to the women and gender equality centres and $26 million to women's shelters, etc.
What is this helping in your communities and in indigenous communities across the country, if anything? Are the friendship centres across the country able to access any of that funding? If so, how do you use it? If not, what do you need?