Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the 116th meeting of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. This meeting, of course, is public.
Today we're going to continue our study on the system of shelters and transition housing serving women and children affected by violence against women and intimate partner violence.
I am pleased to welcome our two panellists to start our first hour. We have Bonnie Brayton, who is the national executive director for DisAbled Women's Network Canada; as well as Arlene Hache, who is a community advocate.
We're going to start with seven-minute comments.
Bonnie, we'll begin with you.