Our organization has been in existence for only three years. Our problem right now is that we have only 14 lawyers to serve all of Quebec.
We are unable to meet the demand and, as a result, it is difficult to know whether the data is increasing from year to year. I would say that it is, as our phone lines are getting busier. In other words, the demand is real.
That said, our organization is increasingly well known, as our services are recommended a lot by organizations such as the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale and the Fédération des maisons d'hébergement pour femmes, as well as by police services. That's why we have a high number of requests.
So I would be inclined to tell you that there is an increase in demand, but, statistically, I couldn't be more precise. However, we have already provided 67,000 consultations in three years, which is huge. It's important to mention it, but we sometimes forget that coercive control is really an important piece of information. For most, if not all, of the victims we've met with, a form of coercive control was involved.