Evidence of meeting #15 for Status of Women in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was services.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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President, Centre Victoria pour femmes
Thank you for your question.
I would need some time to think about recommendations. As far as we're concerned, our programs are adapted and a provincial organization helps us train social workers. I would like to see that continue.
In addition, raising awareness of LGBTQ community realities and transgender rights is a very important area that deserves to be explored further.
I would start with those factors.
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Liberal
Marc Serré Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
Ms. Hamm, it's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for the work you do with municipalities.
Quickly, do you have one or two recommendations for our national strategy?
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Mayor, Ville de Magog
Thank you for your question, Mr. Serré.
I would have to think about that too, but, off the top of my head, I would say that our programs need to be adapted to rural realities, but they also need to include gender-based analysis. For each of the programs and policies we put in place, we need to think about how people will be affected based on their gender. Women's groups have developed tools that could really help. I hope that answers your question.
I'd like to talk about connectivity as well, if I may, since you raised it in your comment. It's true that we've never spent so much money, but what's holding back projects is the relationship with the private sector, particularly the relationship with Bell Canada. It's hard to reach agreements with them, and it's a long and painful process. The money and the political will are there, but we can't get the projects off the ground.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Marilyn Gladu
I'm so sorry. We could have done so much more with more time, but we're out of time for the panel.
Thank you to all the witnesses for their participation today. If you do have other ideas or comments, feel free to forward them to the clerk.
For the rest of you, who are going to go into the second part of the meeting, we'll suspend while you go and log in.
Thanks so much, and have a super day.
[Proceedings continue in camera]