Great. I have two questions.
I would direct my first question to Ms. Regehr. My mom, who spent many hours of unpaid work raising my brother and I, was part of the national action committee in the fight for consideration of this point in the census.
It seems to me that so many years later, the question I ask is, by removing not just this question but also the mandatory form census, are we in fact moving backwards?
Also, how do we compare with other countries' data collection and the work they're able to do as a result of their data collection?
Perhaps I'll state those questions, and then after you have a chance to comment, Ms. Regehr, I'd like to direct a further question to Ms. Mowbray and ask her to further expand on what I think are some pretty shocking figures of the level of responses by different groups when the census is no longer mandatory.
I'm wondering if we could perhaps consider that model in Canada. I represent an area that has a very large number of first nations and Métis people, and certainly people from diverse groups. If in fact we can project that level of response in our country, what would that mean for the representation of these groups, and certainly of the women in these groups?