Some of the actions that the federal government employed fairly quickly in the pandemic helped in making more money available to shelters so that we could implement new ways of connecting with women. We are learning a lot.
I will be in touch with Lisa about the Cut It Out Canada program. I've always thought that hair salons and massage therapists were safe places for women to go, especially if people don't want to talk about things, but what we also learned was that we needed to go virtual. We needed to update our technology, because we didn't have the technology to have safe, secure meetings online.
We learned a lot about safety planning, and we also came up against the reality that many people across Canada don't have access to reliable Internet technology. I think one of the sustainable development goals of the UN is to have the entire world connected by 2030.
Canada, there's your challenge: Get us connected.