Mr. Speaker, the member opposite's party has been mismanaging public funds for years. While the Liberals chose to spend taxpayers' dollars on administration and bureaucracy, we are delivering even more programming dollars to women in their communities.
An independent evaluation showed that it cost 31ยข to deliver $1 under the women's program. That is unacceptable. By streamlining the agency and putting application forms online, we were able to redirect $5 million to the women's program. The reality is that we all do not live in major urban centres and this government recognizes that. By putting the application form on the website, we reach women in rural and northern communities.
On this side of the House, unlike the Liberals, we do not separate the women off and we do not hold all boys policy weekends. All ministers and all Conservative caucus members will continue to work together to help Canadian women and their families.
We have taken women's issues very seriously. Protecting women in violent--