I would probably use the word “influence” rather than “lobby” in the context of working inside the government. Of course one of the things we are doing is working with a number of the key departments, and we work with the central agencies on ensuring that people are getting training in gender-based analysis.
We've been working, as have Hélène Dwyer-Renaud and her team, with the Department of Finance in ensuring they are developing an understanding of what constitutes gender budgeting. We have, of course, been working with the other central agencies on how you ensure there is accountability with respect to the policies, programs, and evaluations that are coming in from those departments in terms of looking at gender. We can and will be continuing to have conversations with these key departments as they begin to augment their capacity and tools. I will certainly be having further discussions with the Deputy Minister of Finance in terms of advancing the work around gender-based budgeting.
Our ability is to continue to help the other departments develop the capacity to develop the tools to help them understand the kind of research they may need to do in order to get the results. As Nancy Peckford suggested, you're not simply doing an analysis, you are looking at the outcomes. Of course, the accountabilities that are required now are results based. All the government accountability mechanisms, like the management accountability framework, are results-based mechanisms, and that's what we're looking for.