Madam Chair, before I ask my question I have a correction to make with respect to the record. At no point in my remarks did I make any reference to the word “equality” being removed from Status of Women Canada's mandate. It was indeed removed, and because it became such a political problem it was reinserted—not the spirit of equality, just the word. I want the record to reflect that.
I'd like to throw out a question to everyone here. We heard from CIAFT that you've been working among many groups for many years—30 years of sustained work—with regard to the issue of women being represented in non-traditional work. You said something about the state pulling out.
When you talk about the state not being there for the training, for the support, for the kind of work that needs to happen, would you include the federal government in that? I wonder if you could provide examples of where the state needs to be there to support women.