I think transitional housing is important in many ways. I look at Alberta, and mine's more in the sector—as far as shelters go—where we would look to see more second-stage housing. I just feel that we're missing that piece of the housing continuum right now, where we don't have that next step from the second stage. We used to have what was called “third stage” to a point, which is more safe and affordable housing, but that has just disappeared, because women are filling the second-stage housing and we're filling emergency shelters.
I think “safe” is the big piece there. Even in small rural communities, there is affordable housing, but is it the type of place that a woman wants to go to? Is it something that's not maintained or where there are no safety precautions put into place? Even just looking at our current stock of housing and how we can make it more safe and accessible to women might increase that as well. That would be the biggest thing for me in transitional: more of the second stage.