I thank my honourable colleague for the question and for her work in this area over a number of years. As she rightly points out, Canada has been a champion of gender equality for decades.
In 2023-24 alone, Canada reached over 40 million people with international assistance projects, and some of those projects addressed sexual and gender-based violence. Recently, in terms of successes, I'd characterize them as a co-operative effort. Canada joined 30 other countries in a declaration at the fourth ministerial conference on feminist foreign policy in Europe, on October 22 and 23, in support of gender equality, women's rights and a feminist approach to international engagement. Canada remains committed to implementing the WPS—that's women, peace and security—agenda through our third national action plan, which extends to 2029.
Let me conclude this response simply by saying that, as we mark the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda, we should look back and reflect on progress, but we also have to focus on the immense work ahead.