I'll highlight again for you that I'm the minister of state solely dedicated to status of women, and I take my responsibility very seriously, especially at the cabinet table. Again, I'll tell you that I do see it in writing where it's appropriate, and I do challenge, and I do have those conversations with my colleagues.
What I'd like to highlight for you right now is that when I came into this position, I was fully aware of gender-based analysis because I had sat around the table in opposition and we had put together some really good reports there, but I took the initiative to get a better understanding on gender-based analysis and the different types of policy analysis processes that exist. I did some significant research and even had the library do some great work for me and provide me with some further backup material.
What I discovered is that while Canada is praised for its gender-based analysis, we really needed to do a little bit more to update it and we were not as advanced in our gender-based analysis process as we thought we were. I took the initiative to speak with some experts, including one doctor from Simon Fraser who explained to me that while we have a small component of intersectionality in our gender-based analysis process, we could expand upon it and could do far better than we do.
I have given the direction for us to better our policy analysis process and to update our gender-based analysis process to include more intersectionality. I'm sure you agree that with our changing population, it is significantly important to do that. I know that your chair, Hedy Fry, is also very familiar with intersectionality and the importance of it in the gender-based analysis process.