Status of Women committee  We're going to have one report based on the gender budget study. We'll have a report on May 27. There will also be another report on the action plan, which will be part of the same report.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  We have four from Ms. Neville, and I have a list here.

Status of Women committee  Yes, a few. There were more people in favour of the program than people who were against it. People were also represented who were against the program.

Status of Women committee  There was testimony, but it is not set out in the report.

Status of Women committee  I have read the testimony of the people who were against the program, however.

Status of Women committee  Ms. Ratansi asked me to look over what was done in the three committees. The Standing Committee on Official Languages did submit a report and submitted a recommendation. In accordance with its mandate under the Standing Orders, it recommended that the government continue fundin

Status of Women committee  Do you want a work plan first? Yes, you can have it by Monday.

Status of Women committee  According to the literature, when you are putting an agenda or budget into practice, one of the things is to scope it. I think it's up to the committee members to determine the mandate for the gender budget. It can simply be making the budget responsive to gender or it can be sub

Status of Women committee  Let me look into it and give you.... I have seen, but I can't recall. There have been gender-participative budgets at the Canadian municipal level--not gender specifically, but more participative budgetings. If you'd like me to look into that, I can gather information for the com

Status of Women committee  From the literature, I see that results have been mixed. Australia has been at the forefront of gender budgets. I have a really interesting article from The Parliamentarian on gender budgets, which we probably want to circulate, but I'd like it translated first into French. Sout

Status of Women committee  Thank you. At the end of the last meeting, the chair asked me to provide you with a short presentation on gender budgets. The clerk has distributed by e-mail a publication from the Inter-Parliamentary Union. It's called Parliament, the Budget and Gender. This is a lengthy docume

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, with your permission, while we are waiting for the documents, I would like to introduce the colleague who will be coming with me to the committee, Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac. She will be sitting on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Joanne, my other colleague,

Status of Women committee  I would also like to tell you, Madam Chair, that Ms. Margot, who is our assistant today, became a grandmother yesterday. Her son had a beautiful baby, a girl weighing nine pounds and three ounces. She is big.

Status of Women committee  In June 2007 the members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women suggested possible areas for future study. I present these in a short document entitled, “Suggested Studies for Future Business”. I also added in routine activities such as supplementary estimates, governme