The gender equality budgeting provisions in the act are fairly broadly scoped out. We certainly believe that the preamble is expansive. It directs the Department of Finance and other agencies to conduct a gender-based analysis on all new budgetary measures, as well as tax expenditures. It's a broad set of directions that will hinge on the level of resourcing that's available to Status of Women or the new WAGE Canada, which I guess is the new acronym, to deliver those resources.
The department has taken tremendous steps already with investments that this government has made in Status of Women over two budget cycles. We're encouraged to further invest in the capacity of Status of Women to achieve those goals and to support other agencies.
Much of this work provides not only assistance with analysis but also investment in the generation of data. Important investments have been made already with Statistics Canada. We need to continue to focus on that, but also to facilitate the meaningful participation of women's rights organizations and that range of groups in the budgeting process.
Actually, this is a tremendous opportunity for the government, as I said, to up its game in policy development, to bring this type of analysis to bear and to really understand the implications and impact of budgetary decisions. I think it's a tremendous opportunity to also engage civil society and increase economic literacy, to generate that kind of engagement and to ensure we have policies that are effective and that deliver the intended impact.
We certainly commend the government and we are happy and anxious to work to ensure these provisions achieve their full impact.