Thank you very much.
And thank you for being here this morning.
I have a number of questions I'd like to ask. As the chair has said, there are only seven minutes, so if your answers could be brief, I would appreciate it.
To Statistics Canada, you made the comment in your remarks that the usability of data will be questionable--my word--given the lack of a mandatory requirement to fill in the form. I'd like some expansion on that.
I'd also like to know a little bit about the consultation process. Who was consulted? I'm going to ask you, through the chair, if it would be possible to table the responses you have received on the consultation process, with some indication of where they came from. That would be very helpful and very useful to us.
I want to focus on question 33, which, as you're undoubtedly aware, is of significant concern to this committee and to many women we've talked to throughout the country.
Why was this removed? On what basis was it removed? Who was consulted on the removal of question 33? Why was only that question removed rather than refined? You've left questions on education and transportation that were expanded for clarification, but for some reason the decision to remove question 33 was made.
Why were questions 34 and 44 not kept, which also deal with unpaid work, particularly in light of a family business or a farm? What is the biggest difference between these two types of unpaid work that would lead to them being treated differently in 2011?
I'll stop there, but I've got more questions, if we have time.