Madam Chair, a former leader of a party is a part of the debate tonight, and I appreciate the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
As she would know from her province of British Columbia, the NDP government just did a remarkably detailed report on a guaranteed basic income that will not help people in the ways intended. I refer her to the Gary Mason article covering it in The Globe and Mail from a few months ago.
We do want to help people who are left behind. That is why I talked particularly about the biggest factor for some women trying to flee violence, which studies have shown is financial instability. If that member or anyone has some policies to help with that, Nellie's shelter in Toronto and the Bethesda House in the Durham region are doing that. They are providing that support, that security and certainty, so that women can get out of the relationship.
I talked about the statistic of “seven times”. Seven times they will try to leave. I will work with anyone on that. Recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, many TRC recommendations, and in fact many reports going back generations now need to be acted on.
As people get to know my style, they will find that I will work with anyone who wants to make progress for indigenous Canadian women and make Canada live up to that opportunity.