Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ministers, thank you both very much for being here today. We've been waiting for this, and we're pleased to have you here.
As you know and as you've referenced, the committee has focused much of its work over the last while on issues related to violence against women. In particular, during the last Parliament we studied the issue of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and, as you know, we're looking at the issue of violence against aboriginal women. We've travelled extensively in the country and have seen an ugly underbelly that exists in this country and that many of us were quite shocked to realize the full extent of.
I'm pleased that you're both here, as you're both ministers responsible for government's policies related to violence against women. I have some particular questions, and because I have so many questions, I'd appreciate your keeping your answers brief to allow me to try to get through the questions.
In 2008 the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion calling on the government to develop and implement a national violence against women prevention strategy. Has the government done this? Is there a national violence against women prevention strategy?