Thank you, Madam Chair. It's delightful being here.
I think we can all recognize that this is a complex, raw and very emotional issue for many people. I'll start by thanking our witnesses for being present.
We, around the table today, all have a voice and our role is to advocate and to make relevant legislation. My alarming concern is that there are so many young men and women in my riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington and people across the country who feel that they don't have that voice. As we all know, abuse comes in many forms. It's sexual, physical, emotional and financial.
Ms. Whitmore actually said this earlier. She mentioned that we're great at gathering recommendations, and it's key, but it's more essential that we move swiftly to actually implement the recommendations that are on the table. That really needs to be a focus.
How do we break the barriers for young men and women who are embarrassed to speak up? Most of our teenagers are on social media. I have two daughters myself. They're on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat. Is that a platform, for example, where there are messages going out to communicate with these young adults?