Well, thank you. If you've read these documents, then I'd like to know how you can cut funding and change the funding mandate for Status of Women Canada. These reports clearly state and outline that more funding is needed, more programming is needed to promote women's rights and the funding for advocacy.
Your new funding mandate clearly does not reflect the important role that women's groups play in Canadian democracy. These changes that you've made will make it impossible to sustain the women's movement in Canada. Your government is not listening to women's groups. It is not living up to Canada's international obligations, and women across this country agree. How can your government justify the restrictive funding mandate for women's programs and the funding cuts to Status of Women Canada and other important equality initiatives like the court challenges program?
Your mandate as Minister for the Status of Women is to promote women's equality. That role is clearly being ignored. Equality is not being promoted here, and you are letting down Canadian women. You're not fulfilling your mandate, Minister, and I have to say that I think it's important that I demand your resignation from the Status of Women portfolio. Until and unless you're prepared to do your job, we need someone else in that role.