Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. As she will know, in the last four years we have had two major reports on violence against women: one, the war on women which is a subcommittee of Parliament and, second, the panel on violence against women which cost over $11 million. She will also know that transition homes, rape counselling centres and women's centres continually struggle for adequate funding.
I want to ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether her government is committed to ensuring through core funding the continuation of these essential services which help to prevent, to treat and counsel against violence against women and whether her government will do so through shared costing with the provinces and territories.