Thank you, Madam Chair.
Welcome, Minister, and your department. Thank you for coming. I know that everybody's really busy and what a busy place it is, so I appreciate your taking the time. It's certainly great to have you here. I know that you're passionate about this portfolio and also how hard you work to support women and girls with all of the different initiatives you've put in place. In regard to the initiatives we've had in the past couple of years, I don't think we've had this many in a long time, so kudos to you and your team for doing that.
I'd like to quote Isabelle Hudon, executive chair in Quebec and senior vice-president of client solutions at Sun Life Financial:
It has long been my personal commitment to support women in achieving their goals and realizing their potential. Not only is this good for women, it also makes...sense. I am pleased to see the Government of Canada working with the private sector to support the advancement of women with It Starts with One: Be her Champion.
She says as well that sponsoring and mentoring are two different important ways that we can all commit to helping women succeed.
I'm hoping you can take a few moments to speak about the campaign you launched on April 16, It Starts with One—Be her Champion. Can you highlight the enormous benefits that mentoring can have for both the mentee and the mentor? When I've done round tables, and I know that when you've done them too, mentoring always comes up. I'm really glad you launched this program. It would be great if you could explain it to us.