Good morning. My name is Saqib Qureshi, and I represent Oxfam.
We have two recommendations.
One, we are 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, and for the parliamentary committee on finance to ensure that at least 15% of witnesses in the pre-budget consultations represent women's rights organizations.
Two, we are calling on the government to invest in the success of a feminist international assistance policy by committing a year-on-year increase to Canada's international assistance envelope, and to strengthen the women's rights onus here in Canada by investing $100 million annually in the status of women.
Thank you.