Karen Vecchio at the Status of Women Committee

This is the 106th meeting of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

I would like to welcome the Office of the Co-ordinator of Status of Women as we study barriers facing women in politics.

Nancy Gardiner, Justine Akman, Selena Beattie, Riri Shen, and Joshua Bath, thank you very much for joining us today.

I am going to pass the floor over to Ms. Akman for her opening statement.