I appreciate that, but in the absence of Sisters in Spirit, it falls to NWAC in general, with reduced funding, to deal with this. I think it's important to point that out, but thank you for your feedback.
I'll turn now to Statistics Canada. Thank you very much for sharing some pretty shocking numbers, including the figure that shows that sexual violence remains stagnant in Canada while other forms of violence decrease. As a result, I think that also points to the need for our committee to pay particular attention to sexual violence as a form of violence against women. I felt it was a comprehensive presentation but pretty slim in terms of talking about risk factors, and that's ultimately what we're trying to get at here in this committee.
I'm looking at page 12, where it talks about risk factors for non-spousal violence, and I see no mention of socio-economic conditions. It seems a bit strange to me that we refer to living in a community with social disorder and examples of vandalism and noise as being risk factors. Are we getting at, perhaps, poverty or low-income housing as being a situation in which you might see more violence? We know women of all socio-economic backgrounds experience violence, but in this case I think we're speaking to a socio-economic status that we're not explicitly explaining. I'm wondering if you could share some information on that.