I wanted to follow up on Ms. Smith's comment about the minister, and I appreciate that the minister is coming, obviously. But quite often ministers and governments make policy and then the bureaucracy has tons of time to implement or not implement, or delay or slow things down, depending on the culture of that place.
I think it's very important for us to read the report as soon as we get it, but also to meet with the bureaucrats who are responsible for the implementation of the program to ensure that in fact it is happening and is not something that is sitting on a shelf somewhere. Also, as was just mentioned, we need to hear back from all of them about what the current cuts mean in terms of the impact on Status of Women Canada, specifically, to be able to represent the issues across the board, because of course that's its job. It's the lead agency when it comes to women's issues across the government.
I hope we can support it today, because if we don't know what's going on, we can't pressure or talk to the government. It might also put a little bit of onus on the bureaucracy, knowing that they have to come to account for results, to implement the policies a little more rigorously than they might otherwise have done.