Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
The Canadian advisory council on the status of women has been disbanded. As of April 1 its president, Glenda Simms, is out of a job. Despite this, the Secretary of State for the Status of Women keeps Simms on the government payroll until the end of October.
Both the Prime Minister and the President of the Treasury Board have stated in the House that if you do not have a job, you do not get paid.
How can the government justify this extravagant waste of taxpayers' dollars?