I agree that champions are important. At the Department of Justice, for example, we did have a champion. She retired a short while back. A new champion has not yet been appointed, but our senior assistant deputy minister of the policy sector, Donald Piragoff, has responsibility for the GBA unit, so in the interim he's taking on that role. I think it's very important to have a champion. I know that in letters from Status of Women Canada, from deputy to deputy, they're often highlighting the importance of having a champion and encouraging deputies to appoint champions of gender.
On May 10th, 2016. See this statement in context.