As you indicated today when we talked about workers on the frontline, we are referring to community organizations that are working on the frontline with people who are in crisis. We mustn't forget that they are also part of the healthcare system. They have been asking for better long-term funding for quite a while. It's a simple question of mathematics: in order to be able to provide more services, they need more resources, more money. We can see that our healthcare system has been underfunded for far too long. This is obvious not only in hospitals and doctors' offices, but also when we look at community organizations and workers on the frontline, who don't have the resources to increase and improve the services they provide. To my mind, this is a crucial aspect.
Furthermore, perhaps because we have just finished a study on intimate partner violence, we spoke a lot about the connection between being subjected to violence and mental health issues. That connection is real. You've mentioned the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. As you said, tomorrow, September 30, will be the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a day of reflection. Solutions and measures have been proposed. When we look at delays, we also have to remember that funding is sometimes lacking.
Finally, there is also the issue of housing. We cannot hope to break women free of the cycle of violence if they don't have a place to live. We have seen delays in transfer payments for housing in Quebec. We need to invest massively in housing, because having a safe place to live will allow a woman to get out of a volatile situation and possibly rebuild her life. She can't do so if she is in direct contact with her aggressor 24 hours a day. We have to inject more funds and build social and community housing. We need to offer a safe place to live at a reasonable price. This will allow us to relieve the pressure on emergency women’s shelters, where women are staying longer because they don't have a place to go afterwards, which means that the shelters for women are always full. It is a vicious cycle created by the lack of spaces and social and community housing for women.
I see you all nodding. If you feel like commenting on the link between health and housing, please do so.