Mr. Speaker, November 25 marks the start of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. This moment is supposed to be about moving beyond talk and delivering real action, yet once again, the federal government has provided zero dollars in this year's budget to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, even after the former prime minister recognized this violence as an ongoing genocide.
In Winnipeg Centre, women, girls and gender-diverse people continue to go missing and be murdered. This is not a crisis we can acknowledge only in words; it demands immediate investment and urgent political will. The Liberal government must act now. That begins with funding life-saving community supports, such as the North End Women's Centre in Winnipeg, and providing the resources indigenous women and gender diverse people have been calling for for decades.
Our communities deserve safety, dignity and justice. Action must start today.