Mr. Speaker, every six days, another woman is killed by intimate partner violence. Today is one of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, a call to action to challenge the systems, laws, and attitudes that lead to violence against women, girls and gender-diverse individuals.
In Canada, gender-based violence is an epidemic, one that disproportionately impacts indigenous women, racialized women, migrant women and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. On December 6, I will join the city of Victoria's vigil to honour the 14 women killed in the École Polytechnique massacre, who were victims of misogynistic violence.
However, it is not enough to commemorate and it is not enough to pledge. We need concrete action. The government has failed to deliver sustainable funding for shelters, failed to provide affordable housing and failed to implement the calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Enough is enough. Everyone deserves to live free from violence.