Thank you.
I don't think there's any one mechanism, but I'm hoping I pointed to some of them.
I think start with being clear in law. We don't have clarity in the law right now on what is the status of these commitments. So I think some enabling legislation that clarifies what their status is in Canadian law would be a first step.
I would suggest that if you do have impact assessments as policies go forward, why can't their contribution to meeting our obligations be part of the assessment? Then you would have one early form of discussion. You mentioned the CEDAW committee. There are tools to assess the impact for women, for example. There are tools to assess the impact of policies that affect children.
Some countries are doing a lot with more transparent budgeting. We see some countries now having clearly in their budgets what affects children in that budget and then track that from year to year. Some countries use offices like ombudsmen. Children's commissioners are proving to be very effective in several countries. Norway and the U.K. have done tremendous work with the children's commissioner that looks at those issues as they go forward. Then there's having some reasonable mechanism whereby when issues come forward they can be investigated and resolved.
I think in Canada in terms of right to housing we are seeing some of those things being incorporated into the private member's bill that is being considered. I think that might be a step forward.
So it's really looking at several points in the system. I don't think it's one magic step.