Yes, I have a little question.
I find this very interesting and I also have questions as a woman and a member of Parliament. We have various political visions around the table. Whether we are Liberals, Conservatives or New Democrats, we all have our own vision and defend it.
Would it be possible to take an apolitical approach to developing a gender-based budget, at least to have a basis for budgeting that takes women's needs into account? Would an apolitical vision be more complete? Is it up to political people to do that? As the saying goes, what will be will be. We have to live with the consequences. There are different visions on each side of the table and one is not better than the other. This is a constant dilemma.
I am new to gender-based budgeting. On a personal level, as a woman rather than a member of Parliament, this issue goes a long way back with me. I was a single mother. If I had known that one day I would be talking about gender-based budgeting, I would have been overjoyed that this problem was finally getting some attention. Is an apolitical vision a possibility in this case?