Thanks so much, Sonia.
I know that your riding and my riding in Toronto Centre are a lot alike, in that they are so diverse
That's just it. Your experience are my experience are not the same. When we're dealing with refugees and newcomers, racialized people, indigenous people, Black Canadians and gender-diverse people, those experiences are all different. That's where GBA+ comes in, because it's disaggregated data. It's saying that we are not living in homogeneous societies.
We need to understand who people are and make sure that we have culturally appropriate supports and understand that experiences are different. Not one of us is the same, but we're stronger because we are this way.
You are right. Canada is seen as a leader when it comes to GBA+.