Thank you so much, Chair.
My questions go to you, Pam. It's really nice to see you here.
I want to speak about sexism in the Indian Act and specifically Bill C-38. I know that you're part of the Feminist Alliance for International Action. You did a report on the bill. One of the things the report says is, “this legislative fix is incomplete”. I think this is important for the committee to look at when we're looking at procurement, particularly because there are a number of non-indigenous women who have status and benefit from these programs without any indigenous ancestry at all, because of enfranchisement. Then there are a number of indigenous women, through what we're trying to do, amend the Indian Act, who aren't recognized as having any sort of status or rights under section 35.
Can you talk very briefly about Bill C-38—what it aims to do, where the gaps are and how this indirectly impacts programs like the current federal government procurement program?