Status of Women committee  Definitely.

Status of Women committee  I think it was not always perfectly aligned. It's because we're all project-based. So each project has that framework, that logic framework that comes with it. It describes what it's trying to achieve.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we are.

Status of Women committee  Not always. On the calls for proposals, for example, in the blueprints we set out what the outcomes are going to be. In other cases, when groups come forward to see us, they set out the outcomes, and they have to show how those outcomes are aligned with our mandate.

Status of Women committee  I think it would be better to put this question to political representatives rather than to bureaucrats. That being said, I find that the program's terms and conditions ensure that 99.9% of our funding goes to non-profit organizations. If you want a political answer to your que

Status of Women committee  I will not venture to give you a figure on the proportion of applications. As for the proportion of what we fund, I can say that roughly a quarter of our projects focus specifically on women's and girls' economic security or prosperity.

Status of Women committee  I think I should let you know that, every time we issue a call for proposals, we receive a lot more proposals than we can fund; that goes without saying.

Status of Women committee  In June 2010, we moved from calls for proposals at fixed dates to a system where we were accepting applications all year. That's going to be two years ago this spring. There were benefits for us in managing the peaks and valleys of workloads and making the best use of our resourc

Status of Women committee  It allowed us to put more emphasis on our assessment of program results and to better inform our decisions for future funding. So it's definitely a priority for us to analyze.

Status of Women committee  That's nice of you to say.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I am.

Status of Women committee  Are you interested in any specific recommendation?

Status of Women committee  I cannot give you an accurate answer without referring to a specific recommendation. I have a number of reports and recommendations on several topics we have handled in a way—

Status of Women committee  Yes, please.

Status of Women committee  The information I gave you earlier makes it clear that we have service points in five Canadian cities.