Status of Women committee  You are talking about current expenditures, in the same year, is that correct?

Status of Women committee  I am not sure I understood. You would have to give us the source for your information.

Status of Women committee  Fine. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I will ask Sébastien to answer that question.

Status of Women committee  No. We have actually changed the terms and conditions, as I mentioned earlier. This makes it possible to carry out larger projects where men can work with women’s groups and other non-governmental organizations. In other words, the program priorities have not changed. The three

Status of Women committee  As I said, information is a powerful tool. The outcome would be to have a greater awareness, a greater level of information, and a greater commitment by all Canadians that violence is something that we can end, and it requires everybody to take action.

Status of Women committee  Studying that question or recommending that an inquiry be held is not part of Status of Women Canada's mandate. The matter is the responsibility of the Department of Justice and the Department of Public Safety. It is a matter that deals with police decisions in criminal matters.

Status of Women committee  The figures are complicated. I know that there has been no change to our budgets. There are often variances because of transfers between departments for projects, such as the ”Women in Canada” report. Last year, we received a transfer of $25,000 from Health Canada. There are als

Status of Women committee  I would need to know the source of your information.

Status of Women committee  We're very proud of the website, and please, I encourage everybody to go and visit it. The website was developed to encourage all Canadians, women and men, girls and boys, to recognize and do something about the issue of violence against women and girls. We know that awareness is

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  We're very innovative at saving money at Status of Women.

Status of Women committee  We are part of the portfolio for HRSDC, so one of the things we did is that we were able to arrive at an arrangement with them such that they've added a few search words in their ongoing media monitoring and they're able to pull out the information that we would be interested in

Status of Women committee  It's a function of every department.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. The women's program is a grants and contributions funding program. It is governed by the Treasury Board policy on transfer payments, which requires an evaluation of terms and conditions of programs be undertaken on a cyclical basis. In 2011-12 Status of Women Canada u