--and I'll try to help you with that.
I wanted to come back to Cathy, because she hadn't quite finished what she was talking about, and I know this program is tremendous. It also speaks to what Melanie was saying. I think it was Melanie who said that when you have experiences and you can share those, sometimes that's the most influential.
I had a car thief phone me from jail when I became an elected official. He's now incarcerated for murder. Actually, he didn't phone me--sorry--but he sent me a card saying “Please continue what you're doing. When you were a police officer, I should have listened to you. I should have listened. Now here I am. I went from car theft to drug dealing, and now I'm in for murder.”
I went to see him and asked him this question: “With your experience, would you be willing to talk to others?” Because it seems that some kids and some people who get involved in the system don't listen to moms and dads and what not; they listen to peers and they listen to people who've been there.
So I want to ask you about this. Your program, which is funded by the Government of Canada--and I'm proud of that--does exactly that. How does what your program is doing prevent more women from becoming victims of violence? How does it help? Should we continue this and, like Mrs. Demers said, spread it across the board?