That has not been implemented.
On the process that's been established in terms of MCs, many items can come forward to cabinet committee, and deputies of course are engaged in many issues in terms of running their departments and ultimately in terms of initiatives that come forward from their department that a minister is sponsoring to cabinet. Clearly a deputy would have to be satisfied that the initiative coming forward has gone through appropriate due diligence, and so in that sense deputies are ultimately accountable or responsible in terms of ensuring that their work is effective in moving forward.
As I say, there has been no committee of deputies struck. Deputies meet as needed around issues. As I say, they have many issues to deal with. The view was certainly that in terms of the interdepartmental process that has been created around the policy initiatives coming forward, this tries to ensure that an interdepartmental perspective is brought to bear that includes Status of Women Canada, and any initiative going forward therefore has to be reported up the line, if I can put it that way. In that sense deputies have an opportunity if there are issues of direct bearing that they need to be engaged in and that they need to bring forward. I think it was felt that the mechanisms that have been put in place should ensure that in fact gender-based analysis is a part of the process, and we're trying to embed it throughout the various layers of the work that takes place in the policy process.