Thank you, Minister.
I have a question, and I'd also like you to answer my question in regard to why the previous minister did not take the advice of the bureaucracy in regard to the program change. Also, in regard to your statements about the mandate change, we've looked at the website and, yes, you've changed the front page, but there are no changes in funding, and this concerns me.
You've talked to this committee about all these positive changes you've made, but I hearken back to last June. I went to Kampala with the Minister of State to the eighth Commonwealth women's summit. The booklet that was presented to members of the Commonwealth showed the old mandate. It indicated that Canada, that SWC, was still funding advocacy, research, lobbying, and it had been months and months and months since that change was made. I fear, Minister, that SWC and the Government of Canada and the Minister of State were misleading the members of the Commonwealth. I fear that in this semantic prescription of the mandate in regard to Status of Women now, you're misrepresenting the reality.
I'd like you to comment on the failure to follow the advice of the bureaucrats in regard to not changing the mandate, the fact that the funding hasn't changed, and that in the Commonwealth meeting misinformation was presented to members of the Commonwealth.