Madam Chair, I thank my colleague from Sherbrooke for her speech. She identified the problem correctly. It needs to be said again and again. When we talk about femicide, we are talking about women being killed because they were women.
On top of that, there is the importance of supporting survivors. I am also familiar with the shelter sector. I am even a sponsor in my community. I would like to highlight the work of all the women who work at the Maison Alice-Desmarais.
My colleague talked about the work being done by CALACS. It is good that some CALACS in her region have received funding. In my riding, Chantal Brassard from the CALACS in Granby told me that her organization did not qualify last summer, in the midst of the pandemic, even though she had submitted a program to provide proper support for survivors.
Given that we are in the midst of a pandemic and we know that women are more affected by violence, would it not have been a good idea to make sure that as many CALACS as possible, as many organisations as possible that had projects to support survivors, could get this funding?