Excellent, thank you.
Madam Minister, on the one hand, I hear the people from Status of Women Canada talk about the status of women. On the other hand, I hear a different story when I am on the ground, in Canada or even in New York. I would actually like to thank you for allowing me to join you and the Canadian delegation at the UN conference on the status of women. But I feel I am hearing two completely different things. I am saying this in all innocence and naiveté, given that it is my first time as the official oppositions critic for the status of women. There are two completely different messages. I hear what you are saying. I am able to do the math and see that, financially, Status of Women Canada does make investments, even more than it did under the Liberals on occasion, I am not embarrassed to say that.
Having said that, there are major shortcomings in various areas. Many organizations that work for the status of women in Canada say that the pay equity issue has still not been resolved. We are also talking about violence against women and Sisters in Spirit. First Nations delegations often come to meet with me.
How do you explain the fact that we have two messages that are so different? It might all look good from where you are standing, but it does not look so good from where they are standing.