Finance committee  First off, I'd like to congratulate and applaud your colleague, Minister Maryam Monsef, for her leadership on advancing gender equality and women's issues in cabinet and beyond. In our comments with her and other parliamentarians last week, we talked about the importance of advancing economic equality for women and gender diverse communities, because not only is it good and important for society in creating a more inclusive society, but it also has an impact on the economy.

Finance committee  I'm sorry.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. YWCA Canada has been calling for a very long time—as have other women-serving organizations—for proactive pay equity legislation, so we were pleased to see this included in Bill C-86. Our colleagues on the panel have spoken about some of the things that need to be addressed to make it even better, but on the whole we are happy with the spirit of the legislation, because this is something that will impact the lives of many of the folks we serve every day across the country.

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, fellow members of the panel and honourable members of the Standing Committee on Finance. We thank you for the invitation to appear here before you today. Once again, my name is Anjum Sultana, and I am the manager of policy and strategic communications at the YWCA Canada.