Thank you, Madam Chair.
Welcome to our three guests. It's actually quite exciting, I think, for this committee as a whole to have you here today. As you know, we're starting a new committee on the economic prospects of Canadian girls. I think having you here to briefly go over some of the things that Status of Women can actually do and what you have been doing is of big benefit to this committee.
You mentioned that half of the projects are actually geared toward violence against women and girls, and I found that interesting; we actually just studied that particular area, and we found that to be a direct link to economic prospects for girls and women. One of the conclusions we came out with was that when there is an absence of economic stability or status for women, they tend to be more susceptible to a life of violence. So I just wanted to put that on the table.
You mentioned something about “blueprint projects”, although I'm not sure if you actually used that term. I'm just hoping that we're talking about the same thing. You talked about 15 projects that were under way.
Are they actually the same blueprint projects I'm talking about as well?
They are. And I think it was Ms. Martino who had actually talked about it.