Thanks, Chair.
Thanks to all the witnesses for being here today.
I want to ask a little bit about the nomination process because a couple of you have touched on it, but we don't really have good data on how many women are coming forward to run. We know how many actually end up running.
I can't recall now the name of the book, but after the 2011 election, someone did another interview with a number of candidates. At that meeting there were a number of people, and there was a former MP. She said, “You have to change the nomination process.” Part of that was financial. I wonder if you could touch on that. A lot of women seem to not come forward because of financial barriers.
Memberships are sold, and all parties do it. There are those who buy memberships and use their own funds. Even though it's illegal, it happens.
With regard to the financial barriers, including around the nomination process, is there anything we can change or anything further to encourage more women to actually be selected by the party?