There is something else that comes to mind.
There is an inconsistency here that I don't understand. The Minister of International Cooperation, Ms. Josée Verner, is pledging to implement programs to promote equality and enhance the civil society's participation in the government's efforts abroad. And yet, as things now stand, women's groups in Quebec and the rest of Canada have no opportunity to make political representations, present their specific concerns, engage in democratic life or obtain government support to that end.