Thank you all so much for being here today and for sharing your stories and your good information, which will be useful to this committee. We really appreciate your time today.
I'd like to start with the First Nations Women's Council on Economic Security. You spoke about domestic violence. In the context of domestic violence, often, as I understand it, there is a cycle of violence that perpetuates itself and makes it difficult for some person in that situation to extricate themselves from the violent situation because they don't have economic security, are not able to get a job, and are not able to stand on their own two feet without some support.
Can you comment a little more on the economic security element of domestic violence and what can be done to help alleviate it? What is some of the work that's being done already by your organization?