We're ready to begin.
I want to welcome the witnesses, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), to a study of the cancellation of the mandatory long-form census and its impact on women's equality in Canada, which is being undertaken by this committee.
This morning we have five witnesses. We have Kathleen Lahey, professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University; Martha MacDonald, professor and chair, Economics Department, Saint Mary's University; Sheila Regehr; Beverley Smith, editor of “Recent Research on Caregiving”; and the Canadian Women's Foundation's Mary Mowbray, co-chair of the board of directors. Good morning.
Here are the rules. You each have five minutes to present. Because there are so many of you, we have to fit this into the timelines of the committee. When you finish your presentation, there will be a question and answer session. I'll give you a one-minute warning. So it's a five-minute presentation this time.
Thank you.
We're going to begin with Kathleen Lahey.
Professor Lahey.