Status of Women committee  As I mentioned, we have a centre of expertise and we have a person who is a resource to people within the department. Through our network we engage in awareness and dialogue. There are some standardized tools that are very useful and I think very powerful. And then...we're doing it.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we do.

Status of Women committee  If you're talking since GBA, that's the late nineties. That's a long window, so if you have a more specific time frame...

Status of Women committee  I can't think of any, but we can undertake a quick review.

Status of Women committee  Not in a legislated way, as a matter of policy.

Status of Women committee  The recent changes were based on recent labour market data and impacts at those regional levels, so it was in the totality and performance of the labour market over a set period of time. Decisions around changes to it were taken in the aggregate. In the context of research and evaluation of elements of the employment insurance program, and its impact, we do look closely at gender.

Status of Women committee  I'll have to get back to you on all the elements of the analysis.

Status of Women committee  There were decisions taken previously?

Status of Women committee  Again, I'd have to go back and check on that. I'm not familiar with the decisions under—

Status of Women committee  Off the top, I'm not aware of any.

Status of Women committee  I'd have to check on that. We do. Much of the data sources we rely on have that built in with Statistics Canada data, the census, and so forth. We're able to make those kinds of extractions, but as a broad statement, I'd have to return to you.

Status of Women committee  I've had the opportunity to be involved with this analytical framework for some time. What I have found to be empowering is pushing it out into the organization. It's a lens, and it's a tool that people use. In the same way we expect people to have basic math skills and writing skills, this is one more analytical tool we should be expecting and we should be training people to be able to do.

Status of Women committee  We've done numerous evaluations on employment insurance over the years that have looked at compassionate care and the 14 best weeks. There's a long list of evaluations that have been done. In all of those evaluations, we're looking at gender issues as well, so it's very much a part of how we come to the analysis.

Status of Women committee  I think it's part of an overall and continuous evaluation of program results and how things are going. We collect a lot of data, and we do a lot of analyses, so we are constantly adjusting and perfecting our programs.

Status of Women committee  There certainly is an expectation. The GBA+ framework has a flow chart that talks about when you're doing it, but it also talks about continuous feedback. You need to be attentive to how things play out. There is an expectation at the beginning of a policy analysis process. You undertake this analysis.