Thank you, Madam Chair.
I am still shaken from the last comment.
First and foremost, I would like to thank all of our witnesses for having accepted the invitation to appear before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. I feel it is necessary to hear your testimony. Of all of the presentations, I found those of Ms. McIvor's and Ms. Hutchison particularly moving. I believe that all of your comments portray rather well issues involving minorities.
It could be said that most of you favour the reinstatement of the Court Challenges Program. My Bloc Québécois colleague, Ms. Nicole Demers, and myself are of the same view. The two of us are our party's critics on issues pertaining to the status of women. Last fall and spring, we met with a number of women and human rights groups in Quebec and beyond. We were trying to understand why these groups were calling for the restoration of the Court Challenges Program. We have noticed that there is an entire movement that wants the Conservative government to bring back what it abolished. I am referring not only to the Court Challenges Program, but also to the Women's Program.
At issue are questions involving minorities, and above all, women's equality. I would like you to give us an overview by mentioning some of the most well-known cases in the Court Challenges Program's history. I don't know which of you would be able to do so.