The motion is as follows:
That the Committee for the Status of Women conduct pre-budget consultations with groups and individuals able to direct the government to ensure that the budget does include gender based budgeting and reflects the needs of women;
And that the Committee for the Status of Women conduct a post budget review with groups and individuals to assess how the budget addresses the needs of women;
And that these consultations be reported to the House of Commons.
I think this would be very helpful in terms of the committee coming to terms with a very complex kind of analysis, and that would help us to do our job in terms of promoting the needs of women through this committee.
Also, in the testimony we heard a week before last, the presenters indicated that there are several levels of gender-based analysis training that's made available. I'd like to suggest that perhaps we could avail ourselves of one of those options so that we were indeed apprised of how a good gender-based analysis proceeds. Then we can evaluate what we hear from civil society and assess the budget as it comes forward.