Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
Let me begin where my colleague from the Bloc left off.
I am glad that Equal Voice is here, because I think that fundamental to the whole issue of women in politics is access to the system. And as I believe you mentioned, Raylene, one barrier to women being able to enter the system is that they can't compete on the same basis as men in terms of access to money and power. Would you agree that in fact those with access to large networks of wealth are more likely to get a nomination than those without, and that the system as we know it disproportionately favours men who have access to those large networks of wealth and power, and it favours those men over women who tend to go to family and friends and seek small donations and do grassroots networking in order to get the nomination?