Thank you again, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank our witnesses, especially Ms. Bakopanos, who is from Montreal. She's my friend. She was an MP from 1993 to 2006, if I'm not mistaken. So she served 13 years as a member of Parliament.
Ms. Bakopanos, tell us about the barriers you encountered as a candidate, a woman of Greek origin, with an immigrant background.
You mentioned that being a woman is a barrier. Yes. You know that I am a mother of triplets, that I ran for nomination twice—which I won—before entering politics at the same time as I was in school—I have two degrees—and all throughout my political involvement.
Tell us about the other barriers you faced in 1993 and what has changed now about being a female MP.