It's 8:45. I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we're undertaking at this committee a study of the cancellation of the mandatory long-form census and its impact on women's equality in Canada.
We have witnesses with us from Statistics Canada. Rosemary Bender is the assistant chief statistician, social health and labour studies. Jane Badets is director general, census subject matter, social and demographic statistics. Marc Hamel is director general, census management office.
We also have, from Status of Women Canada, Sébastien Goupil, executive director, gender-based analysis and strategic policy branch. Erin Leigh is senior policy analyst, gender-based analysis and strategic policy branch.
Welcome, and thank you very much for coming this morning. The usual procedure is that each group has 10 minutes, so you can decide how you will divide up your 10 minutes for the presentation. Then we will be open for questions and answers.
We will begin with Statistics Canada and Ms. Badets.