Thank you, Minister Oda and Minister Ambrose. I really appreciate you both coming here today.
What I would like to do is pick up on some of Minister Ambrose's opening comments. As she might be aware, tonight we're having a meeting regarding Status of Women funding decisions.
Unfortunately, the opposition has really shut down any kind of balance to the conversation that we're going to have tonight and has refused.... They're focusing all the witnesses on some people who of course unfortunately were very regretful about not getting their grants and they indeed turned off allowing any people who were successful in terms of getting grants to sort of talk tonight.
I think what I would really like, because we're not going to have another opportunity, and to pick up on your earlier conversation.... Can you talk about the support the Government is Canada is providing to women through Status of Women Canada?