Thank you very much.
The danger here is if we're spread too thin we will not accomplish anything. If we don't address the economic security of women, we will never break the cycle. If we don't empower women economically to make the choices that are best for them, then they won't have equality either. It's about equality as well: 70 cents of every dollar earned, as my colleague mentioned, compared to what a man earns; two-thirds of all single-parent family households are headed up by women; I believe about 68% of part-time workers are women. How can we ignore 52% of the population? We have to break the cycle. We have to accomplish something in this committee.
The other issue is also a very serious issue and should be addressed. I think the motion that Irene Mathyssen put forward, in which we run a parallel process, will allow us to accomplish both. But unless we address economic security we will never have equality and we'll never break the cycle. It's as simple as that.