Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for coming in and providing your very valuable testimony.
I have a constituent who is working at a minimum wage job, is the mother of three children, and is going through divorce proceedings. It's tough for her. She can't afford it, and she has come to me looking for help. This study is very important not just to me and not just to this specific lady, but I think to all Canadians.
Over the past year, we've really looked at how we can improve access to justice. We've looked at the court challenges program. We've allotted funding for that. We know that at the federal level we're providing transfers to the provinces. The province itself is doing the work to make sure there's access to justice, but still, access to justice is elusive for a lot of Canadians. What's lacking? The different levels of government are trying, but why are we not succeeding? Why is there this gap? If you can, please explain this.