I would just like to make a comment. In 2005, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action made public a study of the last 10 federal budgets conducted by economist Armine Yalnizyan, which clearly demonstrated that budget cuts have been made at the expense of women, and that the years of prosperity have not always benefited them.
I would like to know whether there has been any rebalancing of government actions in favour of women, particularly with respect to housing, employment insurance, child care and pay equity, with a view to addressing the problems they face.