Allow me to cite three statistics: women earn only 70% of what men earn, have only 30% of political representation, and 80% of the victims of violence are women. I believe these figures clearly show that there are collective rights to defend. We are not talking about individuals, nor are we talking about specific women, we are talking about all women. In fact, systemic discrimination is still ongoing; perhaps this is not deliberate, but the systems which have been in place historically continue to reproduce the same thing. Therefore, we have to change these structures.
I would like to add something to what I said earlier. We believe that the best services, either in health care or other areas, are those which directly appeal to women's needs. I am the director of the Outaouais round table, but we number 17 throughout Quebec. You can believe me, when we have the opportunity to get together and send out the same message, we have much more power.
Thank you.