Mr. Chair, I have to start by saying that this is a long term undertaking. No one can say that this is easy work. No one can say either that women have won. This is a long term effort. However, significant steps have been taken.
The first of these steps is in fact the Action plan for gender equality. Second, in 2000, funds were allocated to Status of Women Canada to design these research tools, such as the development of implementation methods for the action plan. Third, the development and delivery of training, learning and promotion programs, the coordination of activities--