The Transition House Association is calling on government to take immediate action, and for each of the parties to commit to an increase in operational funding for transition houses across the province. “The result has been that we’ve had to take all of our operational funding, that’s stuff that should be used for diapers, for groceries, for keeping the lights on, answering the phones, all those things to pay those staff. It’s no problem, we’re happy to pay those staff what they’re worth, the problem is we can no longer afford to do it. In certain places, we’ve got 104 per cent of the entire operating budget from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador going just to wages.”John Hogan respondsJohn Hogan says he and his party are committed to addressing the financial issues raised. But, he says, it goes further than simply providing added funding.