Mr. Speaker, documents reveal that the Minister of Status of Women spent more money renovating her offices than on supporting shelters for abused women.
While the minister was spending over $1 million on her luxury accommodations, she spent less than $700,000 on emergency housing for battered women.
How can the minister justify this blatant misuse taxpayer funds while every night women in need are being turned away from emergency shelters across Canada because of the lack of funding?