Obviously, it's to ensure that as we're developing policies and programs, that we've taken men and women and their diverse experiences into account.
For me, and I do a lot of speaking on GBA with diverse audiences. I try to highlight that gender-based analysis is really about challenging your personal assumptions as a policy-maker. We all walk around the world with a lot of assumptions based on how our lives have gone or the people we know, without pausing to think whether we might be accidentally—unintentionally, not because we want to do this—replicating our own norms into our policies and programs as federal officials.
It's really about taking a moment to ask these few questions. Have I consulted numerous sources? Have I relied on my own personal views, unintentionally, when making policies and programs? If I were to say what the objective of GBA is, it would be to ensure that as a government we have policies and programs that reflect the diversity of Canadians.