Thank you, Madam Chair.
I drafted this motion because, as you know, we have had some discussion around this committee for some time with respect to the cuts. We had witnesses and we had the minister in as well during the estimates and so on to discuss the changes to the Status of Women program.
I, and I know my colleagues, do not feel comfortable that in fact the changing of the future direction of the program is acceptable to us. Quite frankly, I think the future and the vision of the program is extremely limiting, by eliminating the criterion for the equality of organizations for women and also by limiting the ability for the Status of Women Canada to actually act as a strong voice within government.
My motion is basically saying that--