I think the member is correct that the role and impact of measures like the guaranteed income supplement are different across different demographics and different communities. People have different backgrounds in Canada. That's one of the reasons I have always been in favour of the gender-based analysis plus that has been part of the budget process over the past couple of years. This is a perfect example. When you look at the legislation, it doesn't say people in rural indigenous communities this and people in urban areas that. It just has some numbers and some laws, but the impact of those numbers is felt very differently across different communities. That's where GBA+ is very helpful.
As the member mentioned, in rural communities there can be a different impact because of the different role of seniors there, but also the GIS has a really important impact on the older seniors who are predominantly female. When you look at the impact of expanding the GIS and expanding the possibility of working a bit longer to buttress one's own retirement savings, it is hard to look at that without understanding there's a big impact on females, who tend to be longer lived in older ages. Whether it's people in rural communities or the women of Canada, making sure that we analyze public policies through those lenses really helps to improve the policies.