Good afternoon, Madam Minister.
It's always a pleasure for me to see you. Thank you for being here today.
Thanks so much for being here.
Regarding the gender-based budget, a recent article in The Toronto Star by Jennifer Wells indicated that Australia had abandoned this gender-based budgeting. Austria had implemented gender-based budgeting and, unfortunately, it was met with ill-defined objectives, a lack of oversight, poor inter-ministerial coordination, and a lack of gender-related data. Further, only half of 12 OECD countries could point to specific examples where the gender budgeting tool had brought about significant changes in policy design and/or outcomes.
Why do you expect the outcomes for Canada to be so much better?