Thank you very much to all of our witnesses today.
It is very appropriate that we are discussing this topic right now in the 16 days of activism against gender violence. I think our minister has shown a lot of leadership in speaking out. We've talked about awareness today and I think it is very important that we state openly that violence against women and girls is not okay. We do not accept that. That's one of the key starting points for all of us to get where we want to go.
One of the things I worry about.... I was a founding member of a sexual assault centre in Alberta and my mom started one of the first women's shelters for abused women in Alberta. Hers was in the 1970s; ours was in the 1980s. I worry sometimes that when we get together we talk about the most basic issues instead of maybe capitalizing on the best things that are happening to move us forward, so that we can keep focusing on how we move the ball forward. Which things are working? We have been recognizing these problems and we want to collect our gains here and see what we've got that's moving forward and working.
I was very pleased to hear the comments from LEAF about cyberbullying. I think the cyberbullying legislation is one of the new fields we're moving forward in. I think that we have programs for immigrant women now, where they're receiving information about what the rules are in Canada. Some of those programs are for immigrant men who have no idea that they can't come to Canada and engage in family violence, that it is not acceptable here.
I'm wondering if we can talk about some of those thing that we've collected knowledge on, where we really think we are moving forward. I thought maybe I would talk to Ann. First of all, on #NOTokay, do you think we are making any gains in changing attitudes, and what are the best practices you've found?