Mr. Chair, I do. Thank you very much.
And thank you to the committee for inviting the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to present this morning. As some and perhaps all of you are aware, our organization is composed of 26 members who are across the country and provide services that range from early intervention to prison assistance and community re-entry. Our members work with marginalized, victimized, criminalized, and institutionalized women and girls throughout the country. As some of you know, some of our members are in fact the only groups who work with our victimized women and girls and are the only victim services in some of their areas.
We present on Bill C-26 from this perspective. We and our members thank you for the opportunity to present.
I'll try to keep our comments brief, and I'd be happy to have discussion.