Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and I want to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
I also want to start with a reminder that literally hundreds and hundreds of women, primarily, are working to serve victims of intimate partner violence in this country, and give a reminder of the important work that your groups do each and every day in providing that support.
I think most of you will know the context at the beginning of the pandemic. When I talked to the frontline social service agencies about what was happening then, the social service agencies and the police both reported a spike in intimate partner violence.
To the representatives of Regroupement des maisons pour victimes de violence conjugale—that's a mouthful for me in French—have you seen a decline in that spike as the pandemic restrictions have receded, or has it stayed at very high levels?