Thank you very much, Mr. Minister.
In your opening statement, you also mentioned the victims fund. One of the other phenomena we've seen during COVID is that a lot of the services to victims are provided by non-profits, by charities. Of course, because families are facing increasing financial stress, this results in fewer donations to charities, and so there are fewer resources in the communities to help provide services to victims.
I know that some of these funds the federal government has aren't in your purview, but the victims fund is. In the main estimates, it shows a 41% cut to the victims fund, from $25 million down to $15 million. This is a fund that has programs within it that provide grants to support families of missing and murdered indigenous women. It provides support to families appearing at parole hearings.
While I don't doubt your commitment to victims, the budget shows a very large cut in that fund. There may be a very good reason for this, but could you explain why this is happening and how you'll make up for that cut?