Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much for being here, Auditor General. I must say, we've looked forward to this report for quite some time, and we're most grateful for it.
I'm also very glad to see others here today from Status of Women, Treasury Board, and...the champions, of course. It's very clear to me that there is a significant process in place in regard to what we hope to achieve, specifically that policies and programs be gender-sensitive. It would seem, however, that there may be political will missing. I would have very much liked to see some of the political masters here answering some of these questions, because despite binders of training material, and promises and pledges that go back to 1995, we still seem to have a long way to go.
Having said that, my first question is in regard to the new 2008 guide on drafting memoranda to cabinet. According to the Auditor General's report, there is no clarification with regard to how and when gender impacts are to be considered and reported to cabinet in terms of policy proposals. I'm wondering why not.
Isn't this a serious oversight? Isn't this a significant problem?