Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes--

Human Resources committee  That was a Justice Canada stat from 2009. It is considered a conservative estimate. It included things like health care costs, lost wages, public spending in justice and social services. They tried to do a comprehensive calculation, but it's considered by many to be conservative.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to put a word in here to say that it is absolutely fiscally responsible to address this issue because we are bleeding dollars by not addressing it. I think we would actually be further advanced if we did targeted strategic spending and we wouldn't see these costs.

Human Resources committee  Wow. Thank you very much for this opportunity to share feedback beyond the scope of Bill C-591, which I also think is very important. I would love to see a national strategy on violence against women, a comprehensive strategy that would include, of course, prevention and interven

Human Resources committee  I'm confused about the question. Do we also provide service but do advocacy work in policy?

Human Resources committee  Yes. Absolutely. The goal for me is that we would have no more clients.

Human Resources committee  I don't want to work in this field any more. In my lifetime, I'd like this to be an issue that we've tackled. I'm optimistic, but I'm also realistic that this is likely not the case. Absolutely, our work at our centre is hands-on, front line work with thousands, when we think of

Human Resources committee  Well, that's a million-dollar question, but I'll try it without a lot of thought beforehand. I think we need to have adequate child care available for women. As I said, shelters are mostly full of children because the highest risk group are young women, and we know that the wome

Human Resources committee  I'm wearing two hats today. I'm the president of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. I represent 26 rape and sexual assault centres across Ontario. We work primarily in advocacy. Similar to what Heidi's saying, we try to encourage conversation, awareness, education, and

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes, sure. I'll start, and then maybe I'll turn it over to my colleague. I started working in this field about 26 years ago, so it's been a long time. Interestingly, though, when I first started working and I would tell people what I was doing, people shook their head. They'd n

Human Resources committee  Prior to working at Sexual Assault Centre, I worked in women's shelters, so my experience for many years was primarily domestic violence. We would hear from colleagues across the province. I think it was not as well known, so you'd hear about that odd case or someone would say, “

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  No, from a victim's perspective, absolutely not. I think this feels like a really clear thing we want to support and see happen.