Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Once again, I'd like to thank our two witnesses, Mr. Fenske and Ms. Morgan, for their testimony this morning.
As I said earlier, I'd like to begin, as a member of the Bloc Québécois, by expressing my support for and total solidarity with francophones everywhere outside Quebec. We support those affected by what happened at Laurentian University, and in particular the midwives.
We know that there are more than 250 midwives in Quebec and that there were approximately 43 [Inaudible—Editor]. The case has certainly drawn a lot of attention.
I'd also like to have your comments about some of the things that were said in an article published in Le Devoir. For example, it said that the cutting of the program looked like retaliation against a female profession, and that it had been condemned by observers of the midwifery community.
In the same article, Marie-Pierre Chazel, a Montreal woman who received pre- and post-pregnancy monitoring care from midwives, said that it was really an attack on women.
What do you think? Is this retaliation? Does the work of midwives get enough recognition?