Status of Women committee  That actually depends on the environment. Today, I can tell you about our group's reality. We do not deal with all the cases, but most of them involve women—regardless of whether we are talking about sexual or psychological harassment. Why would women be victims of harassment mo

Status of Women committee  That's our first step, before we resort to external measures.

Status of Women committee  Yes. I think it would be a very good start if the federal level had a policy in which things were clearly defined, a policy that would include the definition of what sexual harassment is, as well as the time required. In fact, the policy must contain as much information as possib

Status of Women committee  I would say that sexual harassment still exists, but since the legislation went into effect in 2004, psychological harassment complaints have become something of an epidemic. Today, our group receives more psychological than sexual harassment complaints. I don't have the exact fi

Status of Women committee  Yes, we always look at it, but the centre does not directly communicate with the alleged harasser. We rely on the definition of harassment and the credibility of the person filing the complaint. If we at the centre believe that it is a case of harassment or that it may be a case

Status of Women committee  The answer is yes. At the centre, we see the advantages of solving a problem internally. It is much faster and, generally, the person comes out of it less overwhelmed or hurt. If the person reported the harassment internally and if there was no response, that is almost inevitable

Status of Women committee  No, not to my knowledge.

Status of Women committee  We also receive private donations, mostly from people who like the centre's mission or who know someone who has used our services. However, that does not make up the major part of our funding. That essentially comes from the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal,

Status of Women committee  You mean our grant?

Status of Women committee  I do not have the exact figures, but without that funding, we would not be able to operate. I do not know exactly, but it is probably about 90% of our funding.

Status of Women committee  It is quite rare, but it has happened. I can think of one particular case. That client decided to come to our café-rencontres.

Status of Women committee  We receive complaints from people working in non-traditional environments. Women are afraid to report situations. They already have the impression that they have to make a place for themselves in the environment. So, if they have to talk about sexual harassment as well, it become

Status of Women committee  We dealt with 337 cases. Those are short-, medium- and long-term files. However, we received almost 6,000 calls. Those may have been people who called once to get a bit of information to determine whether what they are experiencing is workplace harassment. Those people will not c

Status of Women committee  We have six employees in the organization.

Status of Women committee  Actually, we do not have a lot of volunteers. The interns are really the ones who come and help us, sometimes once a week, sometimes three times a week. The clients get involved in various projects and help us out. But we do not currently have active volunteers who come in every