Thank you, Ms. Larouche. I'll answer in English, because I'm more comfortable in English.
Motivations for survivors to flee abusive relationships are as varied and nuanced as the dynamic or the relationship in which they find themselves. Intersecting demographic components of someone's identity—indigenous women, aged women, women with young children, newcomers to Canada, 2SLGBTQIA and any income level that might overlap on that—will influence the decision that the survivor will make in terms of staying or leaving.
We have served women in homes I will never be able to afford in the nicest neighbourhoods in Canada, we have helped women and children leave buildings I would not qualify as a home or physical building, and we have seen everything in between.
A system that responds and listens to survivors about what they need and when they need it will be the most effective and the most cost-effective.
In terms of the barriers that our organization faces in order to serve more families, it's quite simple. Our job is to listen to survivors and operate where they need us. Shelter Movers currently operates in seven major cities. We move almost 200 families a month. The reason we do this is that organizations like shelters, transition homes, sexual assault centres, victim services and police put their trust in our organization and the 1,000 volunteers who move these families. We do that with compassion. We do that in a survivor-centred way. The barriers to leaving require conversations with survivors and require listening and waiting for their direction. Survivors are the tellers of their own stories, and they're the experts in their experience. The system that reflects that will meet their needs much more efficiently than any presumption we make about their situation.