Mr. Speaker, that is simply not true.
While this government has moved ahead not only to support programs to prevent violence against women and violence against aboriginals generally, we also increased the funding from $18 million that we inherited from the Liberals on this program to over $30 million this year. It has been increased to the highest level ever.
Not only that, we have also committed to and started construction on five new women's shelters across the country. The funding is there. The funding has increased and we continue to do the job.
Support from the NDP would be useful but it is not necessary. We are still going to get the job done.