This government has responded to the report that has been tabled. As far as funding for this organization is concerned, I know there was 24% in the report...that indicated that they felt the funding for Status of Women was quite adequate.
I would suggest that the previous Liberal government also found it was quite adequate, because they decreased the women's program funding three times in the last ten years. If they had wanted to increase it, they had that opportunity during the more than 13 years of being in office.
What we have committed to the women of Canada is effective use of their tax dollars, and I would suggest that for those of us who have had professional experience, who have had experience in life, who have had to budget for families, and who have had to make decisions as to where their dollars go, it is not acceptable to spend 31ยข to deliver $1. My professional experience says that 15% may be satisfactory, but not twice that amount to deliver $1 in services.