This is absolutely vital, and it's something we've heard again and again. We need support for victims who are going through the criminal justice system. We need funding for frontline organizations that are providing housing supports. We need so much more to support the people who are experiencing intimate partner violence.
I am extremely disappointed that this government cut funding to women's shelters at a time when we know women are in desperate need of that support and that kind of safe haven.
We also need to be spending money on the education and awareness-building campaign around coercive control. I've said many times that I want all women and girls to know that this behaviour is unacceptable and criminal. I was reflecting on that language last night, and I was thinking that, actually, I want all men to know that this behaviour is unacceptable and criminal. Statistically, we all know someone who has experienced gender-based violence or who has experienced intimate partner violence. It also means that we all know someone who has perpetrated it. It's so essential that we are doing the work and that this government is investing in the services and campaigns that will actually protect victims.