Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
Deputy Minister, would you say that your department is succeeding in protecting women when there has been a 55% increase in the number of violent crimes, a 30% increase in the number of homicides, a 76% increase in the number of sexual assaults, a 40% increase in the number of spousal violence cases and a 41% increase in the crime index? I'm not the one saying this; it's the Minister of Justice, who announced these figures last week.
In your opinion, are you succeeding in protecting women?