Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll go to you, Mr. MacArthur, in terms of the national housing strategy. We know there's a chronic and desperate need for affordable housing. That strategy has indicated that at least 25% of the investment will go for projects for women and girls and the

Status of Women committee  Thank you. We've heard that there are going to be five more shelters built, 37 more beds. Sadly, we're looking at more than 600 indigenous communities. It seems that's rather few in terms of the need. I wonder if you can give us an indication of the progress of construction. W

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I have one last question and it has to do with the fact that the funding for on-reserve shelters is less. They're underfunded when you compare them to other shelters. This has been acknowledged by the Assembly of First Nations. They've asked the federal government to

Status of Women committee  Okay. We would appreciate very much if you could get back to us with any information that is gleaned from that meeting. It seems to be an important step, and we'd like to know exactly how that goes. Last month, Women's Shelters Canada released a report. It wasn't a particularly

Status of Women committee  Okay.

Status of Women committee  With regard to this meeting in Yukon, will that generate a concrete plan in terms of gender-based violence? Will there be a timeline in order to implement that? Have you determined a timeline? Will it be, for example, before the next election, or is there some issue with that tim

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you to everyone for being here. I would like to start with the Status of Women. I need to say that certainly Canada's work at the UN has contributed very much to the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the crea