I'm very pleased with the work of this committee. I'm also very proud of the government in terms of what has taken place with feminizing the budget and the outcomes from it. I have a couple of questions.
Last week I was very honoured and fortunate to attend the UN convention on the status of women. One of the sessions that I attended was on violence against women in politics. The outcomes and the research from that are very concerning, but it's something we all need to be conscious of.
I have two questions regarding that. How closely does your department collaborate with the other departments, such as International Trade, Small Business and Tourism, Immigration, Defence, and Veterans Affairs, specifically looking at the crosscutting approaches to policies and legislation that were identified as a priority at the conference last week?