Status of Women Committee on April 29th, 2008

[Maria Minna, Liberal, Beaches—East York, ON]

First I have a request. We're requesting a list for the 2007-08 programs. Could you also include in that whether the amount received has remained unchanged relative to 2005-06, and if not, what the changes were relative to 2005-06? Would it be possible to receive the same breakdown for 2005-06 that we've asked for 2007-08?

[Clare Beckton]

To clarify that I understand what you're asking for, are you talking about the dollars in programming funding, or the number of programs that were funded?

[Maria Minna, Liberal, Beaches—East York, ON]

We received a breakdown for the community fund. We've already received it as part of this package.

[Clare Beckton]

As you are aware, the community fund and the partnership fund have only existed since the beginning of 2007. The other would be the old women's program, and any information would be under the old--

[Maria Minna, Liberal, Beaches—East York, ON]

Maybe you can give us a bit of an analysis of how the two compare in terms of--

[The Chair, Liberal, Yasmin Ratansi]

We will clarify it.

I'm being cognizant of the time, and I know we have something formal to do, which is to adopt the votes on the budget items. I asked the clerk, and we have to do it as a formality because the minister was here and she explained the main estimates to us. I don't think there will be much discussion or debate; we just have to say yea or no. That's on division as well. It doesn't matter. I will read what it says.

Before I do that, I would like to thank you for being here. We will submit the questions that were unanswered or that people were not able to ask. Thank you very much for being here.

I can see the public accounts committee is ready, so we need to clear the room for them at 11.

While they are departing, here is what formally happens. Vote 100, if you go to the main estimates for the Standing Committee on Status of Women, says, and I'm going to read it out:

CANADIAN HERITAGE

Status of Women — Office of the Co-ordinator

Vote 100--Operating expenditures..........$7,499,000

Shall vote 100 in the amount of $7,499,000, less the amount of $1,874,750 granted in the interim supply under the Department of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women, office of the coordinator, carry?

(Vote 100 agreed to on division)

Status of Women — Office of the Co-ordinator

Vote 105--Grants and contributions..........$16,250,000

Shall vote 105 in the amount of $16,250,000, less the amount of $4,062,500 granted in interim supply under the Department of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women, office of the coordinator, carry?

(Vote 105 agreed to on division)

[The Chair, Liberal, Yasmin Ratansi]

Shall the chair report votes 100 and 105, less the amount voted in interim supply under Canadian Heritage, to the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Yasmin Ratansi]

Thank you, committee members. If you have any questions that were not answered or that you couldn't ask of the Status of Women, please do so.

Thank you.

The meeting is adjourned.