Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses. I wish I could be with you in person today as we talk about this very important issue.
You know, obviously, we are seeing the gender apartheid happening in Iran. I represent Edmonton Strathcona where many victims from PS752 resided, but I want to start by taking a moment to just say something about the Iranian Canadians and the Iranian community outside of Iran, who have been just so incredible in fighting for the rights of Iranian women. The protests and the constant bringing of this forward, I think, are the reason we're studying this here and the reason this issue has become so important to so many people across the country. Thank you to everyone who has participated in that movement.
For us as a subcommittee of the foreign affairs committee, the goal now is to look at what things Canada can do to help the women of Iran, the people of Iran, to deal with their murderous regime.
I know, Ms. Gonzalez Mencken, you spoke about the feminist foreign policy. This is a huge issue, something I've raised many times. We've been told by the government that they in fact have in effect a feminist foreign policy but that it is not written down. It is not public. It is not something that is shared.
How important is it that this feminist foreign policy actually be articulated, actually be written down and actually be shared with Canadians and with people around the world?