I'd like to remind you that I have submitted a five-page document, which I hope will be translated for the members of this committee. The four things I have mentioned--affordable housing, affordable post-secondary education, affordable child care, and raising the minimum wage--are not gender-specific initiatives, and they are supported by between 80% and 90% of Canadians in every region of the country and following every path of political persuasion. If you were to do something in any or all of those areas, you would see a material difference in the lives of women.
I completely agree with what Lissa said, but if you were to move forward on child care, who is the beneficiary of that, the man or the woman in the household--or both? You know it makes a difference in the lives of women, because we're the ones who are trying to make ends meet financially, we're trying to make sure our kids are well taken care of, and there aren't enough spaces for us to feel comfortable that they're being well taken care of at a price we can afford.
Those four things, Madam Grewal, are in fact not gender-specific, yet they completely intersect with the women's agenda for achieving greater equality. I believe we are ready for that in this country.