We are in the same situation. Status of Women Canada is our main source of funding. We have worked hard for 12 years to promote pay equity. A lot of people support us. But we need resources in order for our work to continue. We considered it important to come and talk about our situation and the need to change the funding criteria so that we can do the type of work that reaches a lot of people.
I understand the concern about wanting to reach women in the trenches, but I would like to remind you that our work in defending rights reaches women in the trenches too. Let me give you an example. The work we have done in our province caused the provincial government to begin to set up pay equity programs affecting five groups of women who deliver government-mandated services. These are daycare workers, home care workers, those who work in seniors' homes, group homes or shelters for victims of domestic violence. So this is a pay equity program that will provide more economic stability for about 10,000 women in the province. That is a lot of women, after all. We are not in a position to provide them with higher salaries. But we have succeeded in convincing our government to do what is necessary for salaries to be fairer.