Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to the committee.
I am Fernande Pool. I'm representing Oxfam here. Oxfam is calling on the government to include more women's rights organizations in the budget process by appointing an advisory council on gender budgeting to advise the Minister of Finance. We also want the parliamentary committee on finance to ensure that at least 15% of the witnesses in the pre-budget consultations represent women's rights organizations.
We are calling on the government to invest in the success of its feminist international assistance policy by committing year-on-year increases to Canada's international assistance envelope and to strengthen the women's rights movement here in Canada by investing $100 million annually in the Status of Women.
Thank you.