I think you've hit the nail on the head. To me, it's a tremendous social policy innovation that really helps the people I represent.
I wanted to follow up on a conversation I had with one of your officials shortly before we started. We've heard in the corporate context during one of our current studies on women's economic security and participation in the Canadian economy that when you have, not necessarily gender parity, but representations from different genders you start to see a difference in the quality of decisions that are being made.
I'm wondering if you can speak to how gender parity in cabinet has led to this gender lens being applied to the budget. Because when I see the infrastructure investments aren't all just for water pipes this time around, but are for things like child care facilities that are going to give 40,000 children access to child care or things like housing that are going to allow women fleeing domestic violence to have a safe roof over their heads, can you tell me how gender parity contributed to the discussion to ensure these investments impact men and women in a positive way?