Mr. Speaker, the hon. member raises a very important issue. On behalf of the government I want to congratulate the YWCA for declaring this a week without violence.
We on this side of the House not only condemn violence, we work to prevent violence. Let me say in particular as it relates to violence against youth and violence against women that we have put in place a crime prevention strategy that targets violence against both young people and women in the home. Rather than sitting here—