With regard to the housing, that should have been one of the first things that was brought up in this meeting today. Housing is so hard for women. That's probably a big portion of the problem of why it's so hard to get into the women's shelter, because it's not just women who are being abused who are in there; it's people who have no place to go, people who have no housing, so they're taking up space.
I hate to say that, but somebody who is fleeing a violent situation won't have that space available because the housing issue is so bad. Even once they get in there, they are applying all over Prince Albert. Trying to find affordable housing is impossible. Usually women end up taking whatever they can get. The housing isn't always the best. They usually end up having to pay a large amount out of their food allowance to have the house so they have a roof over their head.
Further, there is the child care. I'm raising two of my granddaughters. I have a nine-year-old and a four-year-old. Child care is horrendous. It's so hard to get into day care. There are waiting lists. If you're a working person like me and your income is maybe just a little too high, you have to foot the whole cost of child care even though you're a grandparent. There is no support for grandparents. That's another thing. Some support needs to be put in place for grandparents when they are dealing with their grandchildren, because they're a large portion of the caregivers in the communities.