Thank you.
Evidence of meeting #103 for Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funding.
A video is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #103 for Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funding.
A video is available from Parliament.
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
5:10 p.m.
Liberal
Marc Serré Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
Thank you, Madam Chair.
My question is about statistics. In several other committees, we've heard that statistics are inadequate for quite a few organizations, in various places.
Where does the department collect its statistics? Does Statistics Canada need additional resources in order to be able to gather more statistics?
I'd like to know to what extent we need to have more statistics in order to improve the situation, in your view.
5:10 p.m.
Director, Research and Evaluation, Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women
As a department, we hear quite frequently what you just noted, that the statistics don't exist. In many cases, the statistics do exist; folks just don't know where to access those statistics, for example, to do a GBA+. One of the things committed to in the budget is to implement initiatives to enhance access to those statistics. There was money in the budget for Statistics Canada to establish a new centre for gender diversity and inclusion statistics so that it can increase access to statistics that would be relevant to gender equality, diversity, and inclusion more broadly.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Thank you very much.
I'd really like to thank today's panellists for coming and providing us with that intel on everything that's going on in the department.
We're now going to move on to the votes. We need to vote on votes 1 and 5 today, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the main estimates for the fiscal year of 2018-19.
THE OFFICE OF THE CO-ORDINATOR, STATUS OF WOMEN
Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$36,873,996
Vote 5—Grants and contributions..........$22,680,000
(Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division)
Shall I report the votes on the main estimates to the House?
5:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Fantastic.
The next meeting is going to be on Tuesday. We're going to be continuing with the consideration of the draft. The analyst has sent out more information to you, so you all should have everything for working on Tuesday.
Thank you very much.
The meeting is adjourned.