Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Madam Chair, let me remind my colleague that I have worked in the field of education. It is certainly an environment in which I have been fortunate enough to participate, and where she has not been. I know that there are good teachers and I know that there are bad teachers. I know that some teachers use time-tested methods and others do not use them. I know that there are teachers who use science and Ms. Breton-Le Goff has certainly used some very well-tested science to tell us what she knows about the changes that have been made and reported. It is not sufficient for two persons to say that there has been no change to conclude that there was no change. Madam Chair, let me submit to you that there has certainly been change, because far more than two people have told us that change has taken place.
Ms. Leclerc, we were told that in 2009, some changes were made in the CIDA subsidy applications and that you changed the applications by asking the organizations to strike out the term “gender equity”. Is it true that you asked the organizations to strike out the term “gender equity” from applications for subsidies?