Status of Women committee  Yes. I wonder what happens now. What do you do? Do you make a report? Are you coming up with recommendations that will be a report to Parliament?

Status of Women committee  We've touched on a lot of issues today. I know people realize that the economic security for senior women that we talk about touches a lot of areas and impacts a lot of things, starting from when women first get into the workforce. If they don't have decent child care, they may b

Status of Women committee  Are you talking about changes to Status of Women?

Status of Women committee  What I wanted to add to that--and actually I put it on the list of things for my closing remarks, but I'll say it right now--is this. For people who live in Ontario, the provincial government may or may not fund advocacy--I'm not sure if it does--but I want to assure you that pro

Status of Women committee  Do you mean for all women, or just older women?

Status of Women committee  We can do a number of things, but I don't know whether we have enough time to discuss them today. Earlier I said that 40 percent of women over the age of 65 who lived alone were living in poverty. The only group representing a larger percentage is that of mothers who are the head

Status of Women committee  What I said earlier was that raising it to $60,000 would mean that higher-income earners contribute more to the fund. Right now, CPP is structured to replace 25% of your income, and we're recommending that it be increased to 50% for low-income workers.

Status of Women committee  It's not really a payroll tax. We're not economists. We're not here to tell you to cut this budget and move it over there—that kind of thing. One example, and one thing that I think the committee should think of, is that there is a lot of research on the connection between po

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  Well, I have to tell you that BPW Canada hasn't really studied this issue enough for me to be able to tell you what we think, and normally we try to avoid talking off the top of our head if it's not a policy of the organization. So I really can't answer that question.

Status of Women committee  Taxes for all individuals in Canada with incomes below the poverty line.

Status of Women committee  Was that the question? I didn't hear the question, but I think--

Status of Women committee  I would say that for BPW Canada, the only money we get comes from our members. We have always seen a very important role for Status of Women Canada. For example, we access that research in preparing briefs like this. We depend on that research a lot. That was done by Status of Wo

Status of Women committee  That information comes from Statistics Canada, a document called Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, fifth edition, produced in 2006 by Industry Canada.

Status of Women committee  May I just—