I'm not sure I can give you light at the end of the tunnel, only to say that we've been working with the recognition that our indicators are not perfect.
One of the reasons we have the indicator project is so we can better measure the results. We're also trying to work with our central agencies to integrate it into the management accountability framework and program activity architecture, which is the way outcomes of departmental work are now measured. They've moved with the new frameworks to having more specific outcomes. My team of gender specialists has been working very closely with the board to see how we can integrate that into those frameworks, rather than create new ones.
At the same time, we do have the indicators project, and as part of the development of the indicators project, our person who is leading it for Status of Women has done extensive research looking at what other countries do, at what the United Nations has put forward, working with other departments that have been working on indicators in their area of responsibility--for example, Human Resources and Social Development Canada and Health Canada--and creating a framework that we will then take out to consultation with the groups to ask, “Are there things missing? Do we have it right? Do we need to have different sets of indicators?”
I think that will be very important as we move forward with action plans and specific goals, to make sure we're satisfied that the indicators will be able to tell us if we've achieved success and how we're progressing.