Thank you for your very specific recommendations. We'll be pushing some of them forward, for sure.
Ms. Lahey, can I talk with you about another particular program? You've talked quite clearly about what happens when women are left out of the equation. On the New Democrat side, we were concerned about the government's reform of the Canada pension plan. Although it was a good move in a general direction, we were disappointed that it didn't include drop-out provisions for women who take time out to care for children. Also, the new government bill, a different bill, that was tabled in the end alters pension plan funds and could destroy the defined benefit pensions that women rely on disproportionately for financial security.
In your work, does the creation of taxation policy that doesn't consider women, threaten their economic security, and particularly that of vulnerable groups like elderly women?