Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being with us this afternoon.
I know our government has made changes, and we are listening to the needs and requests of women. As the lady said before, we certainly haven't accomplished all that needs to be accomplished, but we are making positive changes. I know for sure that we have increased funding to women's groups for research and that women are looking forward to receiving more funds, which is what we are listening to when working. Also, our government's pre-consultation was a fine example of our government listening to Canadians, to men and women, not just men, when they went out into the communities. Everyone was invited to come out and say what they had to offer. As a result, that was a fine example of our research that led us to add the five weeks onto the end.
So when bringing our afternoon to an end, I'd like to leave on a more positive note. I'm wondering if any of you can give me some ideas and some suggestions of how this five weeks is going to help women. It can't hurt them. There have to be some ways it's going to help us.
Nancy Baroni, you mentioned adding additional weeks. How is that going to help women?