Thank you very much.
I so appreciate this question.
In Nova Scotia last week, $700,000 is what we put forward for the crisis lines there and, of course, the province is doing its share with my provincial counterpart, Minister MacFarlane. The most important thing about that announcement, though, was hearing from people on the ground, hearing from those who work the lines and are there when people call in.
One such person was Anna. What Anna said to me after the press conference was that what this means is that somebody is there on the other end of the line 24 hours a day. She could not stress that enough, because there weren't enough people: There weren't enough people in place for rural calls. What they found was that a lot of these calls were coming in the middle of the night when they didn't necessarily have staff there—trauma-informed staff—and this funding will help with that.
The other part of this, Marc, is that 8% of the people calling in to these lines are now men and young men. Here's what they're saying: “I am not feeling well. I think I might hurt my partner. I think I might hurt somebody. I need help.” They're calling in to ask for help. This is how important crisis lines are, not just for young women and girls, but for men and boys as well. We're seeing the numbers, and already we're seeing the difference that this is going to make.