Status of Women committee  Sure, I'll be quick. We endorse the work that Morna's organization does, and she's really the expert in this field. I'd just say in response that we do believe that all parents should have access to child care and that it is key to women's economic security, independence and pr

Status of Women committee  Well, I don't have data on the uptake of women who lost jobs, on how many of them went onto the CERB, but I did think that the CERB was very effective. I thought it was very smart to bring it up really quickly. We talk about a recession, but it wasn't so much a recession as an

Status of Women committee  Signal for Help was actually brought to us by an advertising firm that wanted to do something to help out. They had an idea that we could create some kind of sign that a women could use, on a call like this one, that would indicate that she was in distress. They wanted to give an

Status of Women committee  First, I'm not an expert in long-term care by any stretch, but we do see really big differences in how some provinces have approached it and have had success compared with others. One of the big factors is how much of it is privatized. The privatization shapes the kinds of jobs

Status of Women committee  I didn't work specifically on the criteria, but they were developed in working with the Department of Women and Gender Equality. The sexual assault centres that we forwarded government funding to were all outside of Quebec. We didn't work with any Quebec centres. That funding wen

Status of Women committee  I think so. I will try to find it. I haven't seen it myself. I was just given a list to call.

Status of Women committee  I would have to check. Did multi-service organizations receive that funding...?

Status of Women committee  Having worked for the YWCA for decades, I think we called it a multi-service association. Is it the criteria for sexual assault centre funding and who received sexual assault centre funding specifically what you're asking?

Status of Women committee  Did they receive sexual assault centre funding?

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry, but I am not specifically informed on the trafficking program. I don't know exactly the situation there. I'd be happy to check with the women at the foundation who work on anti-trafficking, but in general, we would say yes, all anti-violence work is definitely in need

Status of Women committee  —that in long-term-care facilities, staff work in a single facility in full-time jobs at a living wage with access to sick days, refusal of unsafe work and appropriate protective equipment, care and testing; grant all migrant workers currently in Canada permanent residency—

Status of Women committee  No problem.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. I'm Ann Decter from the Canadian Women's Foundation, Canada's only national public foundation for women and girls and one of the 10 largest foundations in the world. Through three decades, our granting work has focused on moving women out of poverty and violence a

Status of Women committee  Just quickly, the Canadian Women's Foundation does a lot work on healthy teen relationships, which is about learning what a healthy relationship is at a young age for both girls and boys, and we think that's key.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. I am Ann Decter of the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today on closing gaps in shelters and transition houses serving women and children escaping violence. I’d like to acknowledge the Algonquin peoples as the traditiona