Thank you for that.
One piece you talked about, and that I really appreciated, was taking geography into consideration. I think that's one of the things the Government of Canada is especially bad at. I'm the member of Parliament for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake. I represent 142,000 square kilometres covering most of northern Alberta. It's an immensely large territory. It has a variety of different communities, from large cities like Fort McMurray and Cold Lake down to tiny little indigenous communities and everything in between. The needs do not necessarily get served. Someone decides, well, if you go an hour away, there is a shelter, or if you go three hours away, there is a shelter, so that should be good enough.
I'm wondering if all three of you women could talk about the importance of having supports close to home so that people have the support network that they already have while they are finding ways out of abuse.
Perhaps Ms. McGregor Pitawanakwat can start.