Status of Women committee  I would say that with the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act, which has been in force only since 2018, there has been significant change in terms of the department's GBA requirements in its proposals. I would say, though, that Women and Gender Equality Canada does not participate dire

Status of Women committee  The work that Minister Saks is announcing is work that we do closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada. They are partners with us in a range of areas around public health related to gender-based violence. When we talk about the Province of Ontario, the mi

Status of Women committee  I'm just taking out our handy booklet on the pillars. It's important to note that these pillars were developed with the provinces and territories. We did not develop these on our own. Pillar one is support for victims, survivors and their families. What we've provided the provin

Status of Women committee  Certainly, we're seeing that senior women need support in a number of areas. Entrepreneurship is one example. We see a lot more women wanting to continue to work and contribute to the economy as they move out of their perhaps permanent jobs. We can give you some examples of some

Status of Women committee  I want to clarify which funding you're talking about when you say, “this funding”.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. Women with disabilities are at a significant disadvantage. This is when we talked a bit about diversity, inclusion and barriers. Women with disabilities certainly face some of the highest barriers we see. It's even greater if we talk about women with other intersectio

Status of Women committee  You're right that there is not a lot of research. We work very closely with DAWN to understand what they're seeing on the ground as well. We all see the most recent statistics on women with disabilities and people with disabilities generally. There are eight million people in Can

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the question around resources. I recall that last time, when we were talking at committee, we did actually table with the committee as a follow-up the change in our resources. Hundreds of millions more dollars were provided to us by Parliament to implemen

Status of Women committee  We have a sense that all departments are taking this quite seriously. I would say one of the big pluses on our side is that we have very strong partners in this, which are the Privy Council Office and the Treasury Board Secretariat. They are the gates through which people have t

Status of Women committee  We believe it does have an impact on others. Certainly, when we think about pay equity, some things we also have to look at are the structures of government and the structures of workplaces. It's not just about pay equity; it is about some of the other things we talk about around

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. We're aware of the Canada summer jobs study that's under way. We've received an incredible number of applications for that program for years. We'll certainly pass the message along.

Status of Women committee  You're still talking about Canada summer jobs. I can answer the question about demand. As public servants, we operate the programs with the money we're given, and that amount is voted by Parliament. However, I can say that demand has always been very high. You're right about th

Status of Women committee  We can get you that information. People definitely come and go, so we'd have to take into account the number of people who have come and gone.

Status of Women committee  Are you asking how much it has increased by since 2015?

Status of Women committee  We became a department in 2018. The number of employees went up significantly then. In 2015, there were 70 of us. Now, we're at almost 400.