Mr. Speaker, I also appreciated what the minister responsible for the status of women had to say. But I also did not quite understand what the government means to do to improve the status of women in Canada. It is a well-known fact that women are disadvantaged in many ways, that they earn less money than men and that they support a chunk of the social and economic burden in this country. However, the minister had nothing concrete to offer, no initiative directly focusing on women.
The minister did mention changes in the unemployment insurance area. But these changes do not necessarily affect women. In fact, they hurt the unemployed.
The minister mentioned that 30 per cent of small businesses are controlled by women, as it should obviously be. Still, there are not a lot of women in that field. The system generally hurts women. What did the minister responsible for the status of women have to offer to change that? What concrete measures can be found in the budget which specifically focus on women?