As far as the rate of domestic violence in aboriginal communities is concerned, those figures are very hard to find. You said they were two times the rate of other Canadian communities, but I think that's a very conservative figure. In Nunavut, for example, isn't it nine times more? It's just appalling how high those figures are.
There are only 44 or 45 on-reserve women's shelters, and there are 633 first nations in Canada. I really would like to say that the need for shelters is going down, but unfortunately because of some of these things we spoke about earlier, such as historical causes, the culture of male domination and economic dependency—which is the number one reason women stay in abusive relationships—I really don't see that it's getting any better. But this doesn't mean we shouldn't keep increasing our help toward women and children. These are the generations that are coming up.
I really believe in an educational approach. The people who work in shelters are perfectly positioned to be providing that type of education. The only thing is that they're seriously underfunded. In some places they are funded half of what mainstream or provincially funded women's shelters are. That's a serious problem.
Have I answered that, Niki?