Status of Women committee  If I understand your question correctly, we are talking about women entrepreneurs who work from home. Is that correct?

Status of Women committee  Women actually create various types of businesses. The majority of women do nonetheless create home-based businesses, primarily for lifestyle reasons. In many cases, they want to be at home to have more flexibility. As to the support we give those women entrepreneurs, I must say

Status of Women committee  I can comment on what ISED is doing to encourage more young women in science and STEM, which I think is at the root of your question. I'm going to talk about it in two aspects. I mentioned CanCode earlier, the program that was launched. That program actually saw a very high rate

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. First of all, let me say that this is something that's very much in our minds, the intersectionality of the group we are talking about. We know that women entrepreneurs are not a homogeneous group, and the needs will differ depending on, as you say, r

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. One of the things I would like to point out is that we've been talking about an objective of increasing the numbers of women entrepreneurs. We actually have a public objective about that. We've set a target to double the number of SMEs that are majori

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. There have been various studies on that. The truth is that there is not just one reason; there are many. We know in particular that some women have many family commitments. I think the research by BDC will give us some very helpful answers and might

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning everyone and distinguished members. My name is Frances McRae. I am the assistant deputy minister for small business, tourism and marketplace services at the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The acronym I wil