Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much for being here today with us.
Sherry, as you mentioned, I too am struggling with the rationale in trying to understand these cuts. I can appreciate the need for efficiency when we're spending hard-earned tax dollars, but I don't see that efficiency and equality are mutually exclusive.
We have also asked for the reinstatement of the cuts, and also the increase in the budget that was originally called for. We do not see a champion in this current government who champions women's equality rights. I have therefore called for the resignation of the minister.
I have a few questions, but I would first like to ask you what consultations, if there were any, took place to talk about proposed cuts and to examine and understand both the short-term and long-term implications of these cuts?
I direct that to all of you. Were there any consultations?