Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, you're on record as stating that you believe women in Canada have achieved equality rights. The groups that have come to this committee, deputations, have indicated that we have senior women who still live in poverty. One in five Canadian women lives in poverty. Women who seek shelter are turned away due to lack of space. In Ontario already this year, 12 women have died at the hands of a spouse. Four women in my community have died in the last two years.
Are you telling this committee, and Canadian women, that there is gender equality?