Sylvie Boucher at the Status of Women Committee

On March 4th, 2008. See this statement in context.

March 4th, 2008 / 9:35 a.m.

Conservative

Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC

Greetings to both of you.

I am surprised to see that GBA is not mandatory everywhere. How can we ensure that all departments conduct this analysis and establish gender-specific budgets?

If I understood correctly, it is not mandatory and you are responsible for conducting horizontal analysis. In 2008, how can we make such analysis mandatory and ensure that it is implemented? I don't want this to be just a document.

Also, I would like to know whether you have strict rules. When a department prepares an MC, I understand that it is not obliged to include GBA. Why is that?

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