I'm sorry to cut you off, but I only have limited time. I do appreciate your response.
What really upset me during the undercover investigation was that within less than a minute of their posting on LeoList, as I believe it's called, the police officers had 100 requests. One of the requests was for someone younger than 13.
I met a mother in my office who was devastated. She doesn't believe that this government cares about women and survivors. Her daughter was groomed at the age of 15. By the time she found her five years later, they had to operate on her anal...and she's now on suicide watch. You know what the worst thing about it is? She was so afraid to go to court that the perpetrator got off.
When I ask the question about the law.... How can we continue to protect women? Violence against women has increased 76%.
We hear it time and time again. People go to jail; they get out, and they do the same thing. We have a housing issue. We have a safety issue.
Ms. Wildgoose, I know you have been an advocate in York region to ensure that we provide shelters, but again, there's a housing issue.
What can we do here on Parliament Hill to make sure the government knows and understands?
We need a few things. We need more shelters. We need more housing. We need to educate these perpetrators to make sure that they don't become repeat offenders.