Status of Women committee  That would be a dream.

Status of Women committee  Without knowing what the existing budget is, that's kind of a theoretical question, but I think any of us would probably say that Status as a federal department has been woefully under-resourced. It's been set up to fail. It cannot do the work you're asking it to do with the resources it has.

Status of Women committee  Not only within Status, but within each of the federal departments as well.

Status of Women committee  I'm a researcher, so I don't think I could answer that without researching it more.

Status of Women committee  There are three issues here. One is what data is available: looking at how data is being collected in this country at all the different levels, and making sure there is enough data to be able to do those disaggregations beyond just sex and gender; and looking at the relationship between other kinds of factors.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the invitation. I'm speaking to you today as somebody's who's been researching gender mainstreaming internationally for more than 15 years now in developed and developing countries and in countries in transition. I have assisted governments and international agencies in the development of handbooks, tools, and guides, and participated in the delivery of direct training in Canada to a number of federal departments and provincial governments.