Status of Women Committee on Feb. 15th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #39 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was men.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Study on Economic Security of Women

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Monica Townson Research Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Barbara Glover Acting Director General, Labour Market Policy, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Virginia Poter Director General, Economic Security and Policy, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Colin Lindsay Senior Analyst, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Divison, Statistics Canada

Sylvie Michaud Director, Income Statistics, Statistics Canada

Leroy Stone Associate Director General, Unpaid Work Analysis, Statistics Canada

5:20 p.m.

Acting Director General, Labour Market Policy, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Barbara Glover

I want to go through the follow-up that we said we would do. We will provide additional information on homelessness. And we encourage people to ask questions on the gender-based analysis in the next session that HRSDC officials will be attending.

I think I'll send the immigration and poverty paper from Statistics Canada to the committee, because I didn't have the information at hand.

In my intro I said that down the road we're doing work with the OECD, to look at the labour market side of this issue across OECD countries. We think that is just so interesting. We'll make sure to get that report to the committee as well. It will probably take six months or longer.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Thank you.

Mr. Lindsay or Madame Michaud.

February 15th, 2007 / 5:25 p.m.

Director, Income Statistics, Statistics Canada

Sylvie Michaud

Garnett Picot wrote that particular article.

There have been some questions regarding immigrants and aboriginals. I'd like to do a bit of advertising and state that the census data will be released starting in March. It is really the census data that will enable you to understand the situation of particular groups, understand what is going on for people who are 75, 85 and older, on and off reserve.

In the next few months, starting in March, and for the next year, you will have up-to-date information that will help you in your discussions.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Thank you.

On our schedule on Tuesday, February 20, will be the Native Women's Association of Canada--to be confirmed--and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women. Perhaps that will give us a different perspective as well.

Thank you once again for coming.

Thank you, members.

The meeting is adjourned.