Status of Women committee  I don't know the answer to that question, but I'll find out.

Status of Women committee  I'm writing that question down, because I'm going to find that out for you as well.

Status of Women committee  That's a good point.

Status of Women committee  Yes, and because we work with our colleagues there, we get an embargoed advance copy. This is a fulsome series of articles on violence against women and girls, which starts with discussion of what the evidence tells us about what we should be doing in prevention, the health syste

Status of Women committee  We have that for children. For women and girls, there are data reported through Statistics Canada, I believe, the self-reported data from the Canada community health survey. It contains data—

Status of Women committee  If women go to hospital and they're seen in emergency departments, we are getting some of that data through our injury surveillance program, but through the Canadian Institute for Health Information, there are hospital-based data gathered through that program as well. I'll check

Status of Women committee  Only child maltreatment? I will check, because I think we get some data from Stats Canada that we use and may go more broadly, but it would be good for us to confirm that.

Status of Women committee  I don't have a specific number for you, but I can certainly get that for you. I would suggest that in addition to that, you might want to know what the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which is one of our partners, is doing.

Status of Women committee  Recently we have been partnering with them on an initiative for boys and men that looks at violence.

Status of Women committee  Tracking data? We have a surveillance system that is called the “Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect”. We work with the social service organizations across the country, the child protection services, and the provinces and territories to collect data. I'

Status of Women committee  Do you mean in this area?

Status of Women committee  I think more are coming forward. In some programs, for instance, there are waiting lists for services now. I think it's because awareness raising has been working. People are more willing to come forward in safe environments, and they see these community organizations as safe e

Status of Women committee  Under the federal family violence initiative per se, let me quickly check that number for you. I believe it's about $1.8 million a year specifically under the federal family violence initiative.

Status of Women committee  I'm assuming you're referring to a Health Canada program that deals with first nations on reserve.

Status of Women committee  That is a question the committee would need to refer to my colleagues in Health Canada's first nation and Inuit health branch.