Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. McDiarmid, Ms. Turner and Ms. Clarke, thank you for being here with us. I think that your work is very important and I am pleased to find out that a number of women can benefit from it.
Last year, in the fall, when we started this study, the Building and Construction Trades Department paid us a visit. Their representative told us that there was a major congress in the spring and one of the main topics was going to be the place of women in construction trades.
Ms. McDiarmid, I was wondering whether your organization was in contact with that association and whether you were going to attend that congress. I feel it is always beneficial to work with men to work out problems. The people from that association seem to be really interested in improving the working and living conditions on construction sites so that women can fit in better.