Mr. Speaker, all women in Quebec and in Canada know that the Liberal government is centralizing and arrogant.
The Minister of Canadian Heritage has no trouble coming up with $12 million to promote Canadian unity, but the Secretary of State for the Status of Women prefers defending her government to defending women.
Even though everyone knows that one woman in five in Canada is poor, we did not see her defending pay equity or calling for the changes to EI that women wanted.
The Minister of Human Resources Development may remain oblivious to female workers' concerns, but the Prime Minister does not hesitate to impose his parental leave on the families and women of Quebec and thus dismiss their demands.
This government's track record is not one that favours women. The World March of Women should give members opposite a chance to understand what it means to live in the real world.