Ladies, I want to thank you very much for being with us this morning.
We have heard from a number of witnesses, and I must say I am quite discouraged and upset by everything I have been hearing. But, I would still like to put my question to Ms. Purdy. All the other women have made it clear that in most cases, situations where women's rights had been violated were what made the program so important.
However, I would like to address a question to Ms. Purdy for another reason.
Ms. Purdy, I know that it is very difficult to expose one's vulnerabilities in public. I guess you are at a stage of your life where you are doing this because you see no other possible avenue. You have to talk about those vulnerabilities in front of the entire world, so to speak, in order to explain the problems you have encountered. I also want to put this question to you because you do not seem to be a raging feminist. Yet, last week, we were told the Court Challenges Program only served the purposes of raging feminists.
Ms. Purdy, could you tell me what it could mean for there to be some recognition of what happened to you in your life? You are now studying to become a doctor and you are a member of the Canadian Forces. Was the fact that you applied to the Court Challenges Program in any way detrimental to your military career? Did it cause problems in terms of your relationship with your colleagues? Do you have a family? Has it adversely affected you in that respect as well?
I would like you to tell us these things in order to show the government that raging feminists are not the only ones that avail themselves of this program, and to underline its importance for all women, but also for all men—indeed, for all people who have been injured in one way or another.