Thank you to all the witnesses for your presentations and the personal experiences and stories that you have shared. As Madam Chair said, it's very heart-touching. Thank you for your time here.
I'm going to start with my first question. Pretty much anybody can answer this of the three of you, or all three may want to give your views.
We've heard throughout this pandemic that telling everyone to stay home has resulted in women being trapped with their abusers. In the urban areas, there are shelters and other sorts of emergency service locations that women can go to. However, in the rural parts of this country, your nearest neighbour can be a few kilometres away, which means access to emergency services is not an option.
My question is this: What sort of training should our first responders receive to better identify and help address this issue?