It's not an easy thing to comment on, but I will try.
I mentioned in my presentation this process called the universal periodic review of Canada, which happened at the United Nations. But before the United Nations review of Canada, there was a mobilization of human rights and other social service organizations across the country that were interested in grappling with the human rights reality in Canada. There were five meetings across the country and there was a mobilization of over 125 organizations from all different realms—people dealing with housing, employment, education, security issues, the whole realm. One consistent message that came out of those meetings was that we need implementation mechanisms in this country to implement all rights--social and economic rights, as well as civil and political rights. I think this goes to your question.
People are starting to see that the different sectors and stakeholders need to come together to try to develop, in a very complicated federalist system, some mechanism that will be accountable to all stakeholders, that will take all of these silo areas—housing, day care, child care, etc.—and bring them together under one implementation mechanism.
That's where we really need federal government leadership. I have yet to see that kind of leadership in my work. I have yet to hear federal government representatives saying this is the implementation mechanism we are going to use and this is how we're going to interact with the provinces and territories, and this is how rights holders will be able to claim their rights. I've not seen that on the political landscape. There are people agitating, but I'm not seeing that yet.