Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, I want to thank the member for Hamilton Mountain for her work and also for her advocacy.
Today, we take time to remember our mothers, our sisters and our daughters taken from us because of senseless, preventable violence. No one should face violence for who they are, yet for far too many women, youth and people of all gender identities and expressions, this is their terrifying reality.
GBV must not and will not be tolerated in Canada. We introduced the first-ever federal strategy to address GBV. In budget 2021, $3 billion over five years will advance initiatives to prevent it. I look forward—