Thank you very much.
We received a backgrounder that contains a chart that compares the percentage of people under the low-income cutoff in 2001 to the same percentage in 2006. One figure that strikes me in particular is the percentage of women underneath the threshold. The number of women underneath the low-income cutoff has not dropped very much. Women still find themselves in a precarious situation, living in poverty. For women, this percentage fell from 10.8% to 9.4%, whereas the percentages for men and young people dropped much more significantly.
Are there programs intended specifically for women? I know that people who are alone often find themselves in difficulty. Is this percentage particularly attributable to women who live alone? Ms. MacDonald, how would you explain this situation?