Certainly, a lot of work has already been done around what should go into a national action plan. The UN has implemented a call that all nation states should have a national action plan to address violence in their various countries by 2015. Doing work in this regard is moving that particular international resolution forward.
We are currently looking at what should go into an action plan, so I think that right now it's a little premature to give an answer on this. We are doing a lot of work in this area. We're pulling together various reports. It may be something we could come back to a little later as we begin to fully develop what should be included. Most certainly, as I mentioned, it's active inclusion of families and the various community members, including men and boys, of course, as well as the various leadership at all levels. This includes the need for federal participation in all the processes. We need that kind of buy-in and understanding from everyone that this particular action is required.
There are various levels in terms of addressing what the root causes are. There are a lot of socio-economic situations that cause problems. We also are fully aware that a lot of people really don't take the time to sit down and contemplate what the issue is, and may actually question why we're even calling for a national action plan and why there's a need for a national inquiry. Generally, before we actually look at the full aspect of it, we need to raise the awareness, and I think NWAC has been very, very successful in doing this.
For example, in 2006, we had only 11 Sisters in Spirit vigils. By last year, 2012, we were at 175 vigils occurring right across Canada. That's certainly a big increase over a short period of time in terms of awareness, but I don't think we're at the stage where the general population is fully aware of what our needs are. We need to continue doing this kind of work, and then at that particular point, we can get the buy-in that's required to actually implement an action plan.
I know I'm not fully answering your question at this point, but we are certainly working on what those variables would be.