Mr. Chairman, the community of Fort Providence has applied on a number of occasions for funding to run a family violence shelter. They have staff in place. They have funding for a family violence counsellor. They have a facility that was turned over and transferred to them from the church. However, that does not seem to meet the criteria, whatever the criteria may be to access funding.
I wanted to know how serious the Minister is about funding new facilities. What does it take to get on-stream? Does it take a community crisis? How did Fort Smith get their funding? What criteria did they have to make to qualify? Why can't anybody else qualify?