Transitional housing, as I said in my speech, is probably my favourite topic right now. We can't do this work and we can't change gender-based violence if we don't have transitional housing. Shelters have become de facto transitional homes. It is not ideal to live in a room no bigger than this table with your children for more than three months. We have women staying in our shelters for eight, nine, 10 and 12 months now. We don't have the capacity to do that kind of work and help women move through it.
Our shelter has asked for permission from the ministry, and we've received permission, to turn two of our beds into transitional beds, so we can connect women with employment programs, get them connected with life skills and help them move out of the shelter system permanently.
Municipalities, like Durham Region, do not fund.... I heard my colleagues describe the difference between gender-based violence and homelessness. It's very real. These women are homeless women, but regions don't fund gender-based violence. There is a huge lack of—