Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Secretary of State for the Status of Women.
Budgets for promoting the status of women have been severely cut in recent years. They now stand at a mere $8.2 million for all of Canada, for over 400 women's groups.
In a period of budget surpluses, how can the Secretary of State for the Status of Women justify that she has not managed to come up with any additional money for women, when this is what women's groups unanimously recommended to the Standing Committee on Finance?