Thank you very much, Chair.
Minister, I’d like to come back to the issue of violence against women and gender-based violence.
Yesterday, I met with representatives of the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne, and they told me they had been completely overlooked in the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. They told me there were no measures to help francophone women.
Of course, when a woman is a victim of violence, it’s vital that she have access to services in her own language. For example, there are no shelters for French-speaking women in far too many places in Canada. They have no way of getting help in their own language.
Minister, do you plan to rectify this situation?