Thank you, Minister, for joining us today, and thanks to your department for being here as well.
In my riding, Halton's Women's Place has an amazing program called “engageMENt”, which sends people into elementary and secondary schools to teach young men healthy masculinity. We also have a male ally network, run by SAVIS of Halton, the Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services of Halton. Just this weekend I joined you, Minister, at the Grey Cup festival, for which you had partnered with the CFL to encourage people of all genders to take the pledge to end gender-based violence.
I know that in response to our committee's report, “Taking Action To End Violence against Young Women and Girls in Canada”, the government indicated that, as part of the $109 million that is allocated over the next five years to the federal strategy, there will be money spent on on engaging men and boys.
I wonder whether you can provide some details on how Status of Women Canada and other participating departments are planning to engage men and boys as part of the strategy.