Is it five minutes or seven? It's five. Okay.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to come back to what my colleague was saying earlier.
The 2013-2014 Status of Women Canada Report on Plans and Priorities states that: “In its policy function, SWC plays the role of a knowledge broker and facilitator, offering advice and support, conducting policy analyses, providing input and making strategic interventions at both domestic and international levels”. This is important.
My colleague referred to the recommendations of the second Universal Periodic Review Canada was the subject of quite recently, which again raised the issue of a national plan to fight violence against aboriginal women. Indeed, this had already been raised in 2009. I think that at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, this matter had already been broached and recommendations had been made.
I think it is important to recognize the international contribution to this topic. The importance of this topic is acknowledged all over the world. This issue has also been discussed for a long time in our country.
I know that you referred to horizontal cooperation earlier, that is to say the cooperation that must exist among the various departments. I am going to repeat the question that was asked earlier. I would like to know who takes the lead during these discussions and collaborations. I am not trying to pin the blame on any department, but I would like to understand why this file is not moving forward, despite its importance and despite the fact that the issue remains just as urgent as ever, even as we speak.