I think it's a public document. I don't know to what extent it influences policy. I think, a bit like the South African one, it's saying, this is what we are doing. But my hypothesis is that if government officials have to write these sorts of things, saying this is what we're doing and this is how it contributes to gender equality, that can influence policy because people become more aware of what they're doing. They start collecting better statistics, because the gender statistics need to come not just from Statistics Canada but also from the administrative statistics. So in a sense, by doing it you build awareness and can get change happening.
On December 10th, 2007. See this statement in context.