Madam Speaker, next, I am tabling a petition regarding cuts the government has made to women's shelters. Women's shelters are sadly seeing an increase in demand.
The petitioners note that the high cost of living and the housing crisis have made it harder for women and children fleeing a violent home to find a safe place to live. Further, the petitioners say that, at a time when the government is dramatically increasing spending on bureaucracy and consultants, it is cutting millions of dollars from women's shelters.
The petitioners call on the Government of Canada to restore the funding to women's shelters that was cut.