I can't comment on the gap; I'm not a program evaluator. I don't really know what systems exist across different countries, so I can't comment on that. But the data collection does need to take place. In many cases we do it already.
A good example from my department is the homelessness partnering strategy where, in the context of moving to the current iteration of the program, we have worked with communities across the country to be able to collect data on the homeless population. It's something that we have put in place. It is really important for being able to understand whether we're hitting the mark in terms of being able to help the homeless population. I think that's a really strong example of how it can be done. When you recognize that there is a gap and you're trying to have an effective program intervention, you set up the process to be able to evaluate whether you are having that effective program intervention or not.
I think this is a trend we're seeing across many countries. In part, it's because we have the IT systems to do it now. Those capacities are there. It's something that we can do in partnership with other organizations. We already asked them to collect information. There are rich sources of information that are already available at the community level that are collected by the not-for-profit sector in the context of doing social interventions. It's a matter of working with them to be able to ensure that data is available in the right format to be able to evaluate.