Thanks, Chair.
Thanks to all the witnesses for being here today.
I'd like to go back to the Elsie initiative, because 30 seconds wasn't nearly enough time to give it its due. I went to the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial at the beginning of December in Ghana. I have to say, going outside of Canada to hear other countries talk about the Elsie initiative.... I don't think Canadians even know what it is, but other countries sure as heck do. It's been around long enough now that I noticed countries weren't even associating it with Canada. It was just a policy that was being put in place by a number of countries. Canada had a display that showed how a camp could be designed to best reflect the Elsie initiative, with washrooms close to where women are staying and very simple changes made to the layout of the camp.
Can you talk a little bit about what the Elsie initiative is and why it's so important for peacekeeping, especially for other countries? You didn't have enough time to properly respond before.