First of all, it was a very successful appearance before CEDAW earlier this fall because of the many actions that the government has taken, including the inquiry on missing and murdered women.
In terms of it being a federal strategy as opposed to a national one, I believe when our minister appeared in front of the committee earlier she explained the distinction. As far as we understood it at this point, it was very important to get the federal House in order on this issue before trying to go out with a full national strategy. That being said, we've been working extensively with the provinces and territories to ensure that there is good communication and collaboration with other levels of government. In fact, at our FPT meeting in September—the ministers' federal-provincial-territorial meeting—there was an agreement to do a common monitoring and reporting framework on gender-based violence, and also an agreement to work very closely together on different initiatives. Certainly provinces, including Quebec, in particular, have expressed a very strong interest to collaborate right down to the level of doing joint funding to ensure that the gaps that are out there are being addressed.
In terms of shelters, I believe this committee is aware that there was greater investment in shelters both on and off reserve as part of the first phase of infrastructure funding. We have been working very closely with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and with Infrastructure Canada to look at the future in the context of the national housing strategy.