I would say that women's voices will be silenced, because organizations like ours will no longer be able to speak for them.
There is an example in New Brunswick. Two years ago, then Premier Bernard Lord held provincial consultations to talk about social programs in New Brunswick. We were one of only two community-based groups invited to that provincial consultation, because of the credibility we have, because we've been recognized as having the reality of women who live in poverty at our table, because we know their stories, and because we can speak with and on behalf of these women. We're not going to have the ability to do that, even though Ms. Smith indicated we might.
Certainly the application form I've looked at says that we are not allowed to be advocates at the municipal, provincial, or federal government levels, so that effectively silences us and also the women living in poverty in our community.