Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank both witnesses who are here today—Mr. Good, who is here by teleconference, and Ms. Young, who is physically present.
During a previous meeting, the committee focused on women's economic security. A number of groups, associations and researchers testified. On the whole, the groups indicated the major inequalities between men and women. The comments they made depicted a situation comparable to the one Ms. Young described: older women are generally poorer, most women are heads of families and fewer of them can pay into the system because on the whole they earn less than men.
Mr. Good, at the beginning of your presentation, you said that the budget was both an analytical process and a political process. How can we ensure that, regardless of the government in power, the measures taken are in fact steps in the right direction and make it possible to attain established goals? Who provides leadership? You talked about leadership and political will. Who has the ability to provide that leadership?