Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I think all these issues are in fact very, very significant.
I do have a question, though, in regard to the motion from Ms. Smith. While it's very important to study, I wonder what purpose, what goal, there is in terms of addressing the real deficit in regard to both senior women and aboriginal women. I like Ms. Minna's objective to actually look at changes in terms of the structures that are impacting negatively on women.
I'd also like to make mention of the motions that I put forward. I think it is very, very important that we do indeed look back on the work of the previous committee, specifically report number five. There never was a government response. We've heard about concerns in regard to women who are entrepreneurs. Report number five dealt specifically with some of those challenges in regard to maternity and parental benefits and the fact that many of the people who are excluded from those benefits are self-employed and entrepreneurial women. So those things are important.
Thirdly, the last motion is a request that the minister for the status of women come to the committee, because I would very much like to hear about the status of pay equity legislation and I'd also like an explanation of the estimates. I would like to know why money was allocated and reallocated and the rationale behind that.