There's always room for federal leadership on violence against women, and I think it goes a long way to setting a national standard and an attitude. It sets a standard for governments to meet across the country.
I think the federal government working on sexual harassment in federally covered workplaces is key. I think that a big chunk of the unexplained reasons that women don't advance in the workplace is.... We haven't really talked about sexual harassment in the workplace as a reason that women don't advance and aren't comfortable advancing, but we've seen it. From the CBC to the police forces to the RCMP to firefighters, it's in the news all the time. Those workplaces really need to change, and anything the federal government can do to set a tone and a standard on that is really influential, I would say, across the provinces.
I give lots of credit to the Canadian Labour Congress, which has really been moving forward on the issue of training people to recognize domestic violence in the workplace, to recognize when it's happening to someone, and to be able to start to probe and get supports.
They have also been moving forward on the legislation, which, for those who don't know, gives 10 days of leave in instances of domestic violence. That's now been brought in in Manitoba. People are working on that in other places across the country, and also trying to negotiate it in union contracts so that women have some time to be off and regroup without jeopardizing their jobs. This will change the rate of job losses for women who are going to shelters. I've certainly seen personal instances of that.