Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good morning. Thank you all for being here.
Ms. Regehr, you said there was no long-term vision. That's probably one of the consequences of the increasing disparities between men and women. Without engaging in partisanship, do you believe that the lack of progress toward equality could be due to the fact that there aren't enough elected women representatives and not enough women in government cabinets and governments, which leads to greater disparity?
You also said that most of your recommendations were shelved. To what do you attribute that?
As regards aboriginal women, have you made any recommendations concerning battered women's shelters in the aboriginal communities? Those women are even more vulnerable. As they live in an aboriginal community and are victims of violence, it is even harder to take care of these women in the communities. The shelters aren't adequately funded. Have you made any recommendations on that subject? If so, have they been heard?