Public Safety committee  Good morning. As you know, I'm Ann Decter, and I'm the director of advocacy and public policy at YWCA Canada. I'm here today with my colleague, Lyda Fuller, who is the executive director of YWCA Yellowknife, and has obviously travelled a long way to speak with you. Thank you f

Public Safety committee  Our data are based on the Government of Canada data. That's what we are speaking to. We don't have the capacity to conduct an empirical study. It's not clear what you're asking for in an empirical study, but we would be more than happy to conduct one if you provide the funding.

Public Safety committee  We are not saying A plus B equals C.

Public Safety committee  We are saying that it is helpful, we are saying that it is consulted, we are saying the RCMP relies on it, and we are talking from our experience. As I said, we do not have the funding to conduct that kind of empirical study. I think you will find that with any kind of preventio

Public Safety committee  How does that weigh in the balance?

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  Actually, I'd like to pass it to Lyda because I think she can explain exactly how the registry works in terms of enforcing the revocation of guns after an emergency protection order.

Public Safety committee  That figure should be 71% of spousal homicides with firearms involve rifles. So when you're talking about homicides with firearms, particularly of women, it is long guns and rifles.

Public Safety committee  Well, yes, it would be hard to disagree with that.

Public Safety committee  I will add that our YWCAs in other parts of the country say the same thing. It may have started as a very expensive tool, but it is now effective, efficient, and relied on. It has become part of policing in this country, in particular, with regard to domestic violence.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry, I don't know the bill that well. It is my understanding that you could purchase a gun without having your licence verified. You have to show something, but maybe you're showing something like the way an underage kid goes into a bar—it's somebody else's.... So the ver

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee. As the country's oldest and largest women's multi-service organization, with member associations serving women and girls in nine provinces and two territories, YWCA Canada strongly reco

Finance committee  Yes. Coupled with full-time work at $11 an hour, the enhanced benefit would enable a single parent with one child to move out of poverty. This would also eliminate multiple layers of administration, which increase red tape and expense. YWCA Canada urges the federal government n

Finance committee  No, I'm sorry. I don't know.

Finance committee  I remember that.