We in the NFU really appreciated being called to present here today. It needs to be recognized that we do have women in leadership in agriculture and that we speak on agriculture issues, not just women's issues.
For many years I was involved in women in agriculture in Ontario. There isn't really a group anymore. We always felt that it was important to have that group in order to discuss some of the softer issues, because it's a farm family, it's a place where we live as well as raise our family as well as work. Sometimes in the mainstream when we're working hard to defend our right to make a living, some of those issues get missed.
Presently, I know in Ontario and throughout Canada there's nothing there. I'm not sure on the timeline of things, but at one time there was a Canadian Farm Women's Bureau that we were able to work with on different issues. It has been defunct for a number of years now. That's a resource that could be used for people to connect into.