Thank you so much, Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today at the status of women committee as we study the economic empowerment of women. A wealth of information has been brought forward by our witnesses.
I want to start with the witness from the riding I come from, Peterborough—Kawartha, from Curve Lake First Nation in particular. Emily Whetung is a star, and you just have to google this woman's name to see what she's achieved. I'm a big fangirl of what she's done for Canadians across the board and for her community.
I've had the opportunity to chat with her multiple times, and I thought that, with International Women's Day around the corner, this would be a great opportunity to revisit a conversation we've had before.
The three things I heard you say when you gave your opening statement, Emily, are child care, clean water and partnership. These were the things that jumped out in terms of helping women achieve their economic empowerment, so to speak.
I want to touch on the partner aspect, because you and I have had this conversation. As women have really found their stride and have been elevated in society and able to sit at the tables that they had not been invited to sit at, where do men fit into that? We've seen a lot of breakdown in families because sometimes the roles become confusing for some people. One thing I've always said about feminism is that it's really about women needing to know that they need men as much as men need to know they need women. We need each other fully.
What is your take on that in terms of the role of the partner and a message for the upcoming women's day and our roles together?