Thank you, Madam Chair.
Women and Gender Equality, as you may know, became a full department in December 2018 through legislation. We also grew that number that you're talking about essentially in the pandemic, when we received a significant influx of funds and other significant investments from the government for things like crisis lines and pandemic shelter support.
All those investments require people to advance them. The national action plan on gender-based violence and the 2SLGBTQI+ action plan, for example, were significant lifts for the organization. That explains the numbers going up the way that you see them.
