Ms. Guylaine F. Roy at the Status of Women Committee

On March 11th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2021 / 11:45 a.m.

Deputy Minister, Department for Women and Gender Equality

Thank you, Madam Minister.

If I may, I want to answer Ms. Larouche's question regarding the main estimates for 2020-21 compared to 2021-22, and the reason for the decrease.

If you compare the main estimates from one year to the next, the $4.3 million decrease is mainly the result of a commemoration fund for missing and murdered women that expired in 2020-21. That's the technical reason for the $4.3 million decrease.

Regarding the agreements with Quebec, I want to add that we have emergency funding agreements. Quebec is responsible for distributing the money.

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