Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome, Minister. It's great to have you back. I appreciate your comments on the work our committee has been conducting on the issue of gender budgeting.
One of the issues that has arisen in the course of that study is about research and making sure there are proper comparisons and indices that can be used to measure the impact of policies and legislation that impact women across Canada.
I wonder if you could give us an update on what Status of Women Canada in particular is doing. We know that in the past some concerns were expressed about withdrawal of research services. I wonder if you could give us an update on where we sit now and what our go-forward plan is for research on these important issues.