Canada adopted a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it also signed international conventions under which it has an obligation to treat men and women equally. Equality is not something that is supposed to be realized gradually; it is an immediate obligation for all the signatory governments. So, the government has a responsibility to protect these rights, to promote them and to implement them.
That is why it is so important for the government to fund mechanisms that will allow us to work to advance the rights of women in Canada.