Thank you.
Good afternoon, and thank you for appearing before us today. My question is specifically addressed to Statistics Canada, either to Mr. Lindsay or Ms. Michaud.
I am from the justice committee where we are trying to protect elderly women from things like home invasions. We are trying to produce some very severe legislation. Of course, it is not an easy thing to do.
Mr. Lindsay, the provinces and territories must cooperate with you so that you can see the entire picture and provide answers. No doubt, you know that a vote was held yesterday in the House of Commons and that the Bloc Québécois voted against Statistics Canada by voting against the idea of providing you with information about patients with malignant tumours. The Liberals and the NDP voted along with us in favour of this measure. I think that this is an important point.
You said that Statistics Canada needs help from the other provinces. How will you go about gathering the information that you need? Will you be going to the human resource departments in Quebec and in the territories? Does Quebec have a counterpart to Statistics Canada?