I didn't personally attend, but NAWL attended a meeting with the minister in early October, and others here may have been present, where the new funding guidelines for the women's program were announced. There was no consultation at all at that moment.
In fact, the extensive consultations that did happen around Status of Women Canada and the women's program for the evaluation of the program indicate that the groups and the stakeholders were very satisfied with the old mandate of the women's program, which was focused around equality and funding groups to promote equality and take different initiatives.
So it's very disappointing to see that after extensive consultations with stakeholders in 2004 and 2005, this government has adopted a policy that goes completely against what was recommended in their own evaluation program that is on Status of Women Canada's website.