For the last four years, when I moved from Edmonton to Vancouver and I realized there was no support in British Columbia and the only group in western Canada was in Edmonton, it inspired me to say that we needed to do something. I dedicated four years of my life, sometimes 15-hour days in addition to work. It was a sacrifice, but last year we applied for a $50,000 grant from the victims fund at the Department of Justice and we received approval for that. We're currently waiting on phase two. It is a long wait. We raised $50,000 from the Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge, a walk and run fundraiser. I brought all my family and all of these victims together. It's a community engagement program.
I think I got to a point this year where I almost burned out. That's one thing I told Ms. Kerry-Lynne Findlay when she came into the press conference with us. It's great that victims are doing this, starting it up, and they usually have enough juice and energy to get it going, but once they get it going, it would be nice for the government to step in and say that we had done all the ground work, which is unbelievable, and give us $50,000 a year. All we need is one staff a year.
Very simply, that's my answer.
I'd like to pass it to Yvonne.