As a result of the work that has been done by the auditor general and by the parliamentary committees that looked into that data and the main facts of the study, we can say that this commitment was communicated in a very forceful way. The central agencies have understood their responsibilities very well.
It is not up to Status of Women to implement legislation. We don't have the power to force departments to act. Anyway, I don't think that is necessarily the best way. I think the best way is to make sure that all departmental stakeholders and players involved in policy-making—we know one is not better than the other—have factored in the gender-based analysis, all the research, all the data and all program evaluations.
Central agencies have a role to play and they agree to that. Actually, every time a brief is submitted to the cabinet or a submission is made to the Treasury Board, the issue is raised by a central agency. The Minister of Finance requires all departments that propose measures in the budget to do a gender-based analysis. The Minister of Finance does an overall review of what that means.
So we are not doing that directly and we don't have any levers to force them, but the central agencies have that responsibility and they do play that role.