Thank you all so much for being here, and for all the great work you're doing, really. That goes to our witnesses from Girls Action Foundation and for the YWCA as well, since I didn't get a chance to tell you that earlier.
Professor Lahey, the World Bank has shown us that Canada is not doing as well as the other OECD countries when it comes to equality. I hope this question is as loaded as I intend it to be.
Can you explain why this is so, what it means to this committee's study, and what recommendations you can offer the federal government with regard to the economic prospects of women and girls?