I'm glad you ran. My experience entering politics also happened because things weren't happening, and Canada could be better.
A few things have changed. Our approach to ensuring that sexual rights, health rights and reproductive rights are protected, and exist in the international communities where we work, is different from what existed over the past decade, because of three things: it is evidence-based, comprehensive and, because of those two things, more effective.
This is not just about making sure we do the right thing, and that she has the dignity to be able to choose when, with whom, if she has children and how many she has. We're also investing in things like contraception. For every dollar invested in contraception, we are able to save $2.20.
These investments, when done strategically, based on evidence, and when they focus on what she really needs on the ground, happen to pay dividends, both financially and for her.