Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her strong advocacy on behalf of the people of Saint-Laurent and her good work on the status of women committee. We have heard from families and survivors across the country on the need for a commemoration fund to honour the li

Status of Women committee  Good morning, and thank you, Madam Chair. Boozhoo. Aaniin. As-salaam alaikum. Ramadan kareem to my Muslim colleagues in this space and beyond. We are on traditional territory that the Algonquin peoples have called home for generations upon generations. This is my first ti

Status of Women committee  Underfunded, underestimated and undervalued is how these organizations have felt. That's something we're hearing from international women's organizations and what we had been hearing from those on the ground. These funds are meant to provide them with five years of stable, predic

Status of Women committee  There have been hundreds of inquiries before. This one was a national one. It meant that provinces and territories had to be a part of it. As you said, it was always going to be difficult. What we promised when we started the inquiry was that we wouldn't wait until we received th

Status of Women committee  Yes, we're five months into Women and Gender Equality. We went from a small, mighty shop to a full department with equal rights, privileges, authorities and responsibilities.

Status of Women committee  In Bill C-86, the....

Status of Women committee  Parliament saw the new mandate in Bill C-86. The scope of the work has expanded to go beyond equality between women and men to include equality between sexes and around sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity.

Status of Women committee  That new mandate is in law that Parliament passed and that, as you mentioned, received royal assent on December 13, 2018.

Status of Women committee  No, Madam Chair, the whole thing didn't dissolve and disappear into thin air. Status of Women is the foundation upon which we have built this new department. I will add that our government was the first to put out there, in public, mandate letters. My mandate letter hasn't chan

Status of Women committee  I value the mandate I already had.

Status of Women committee  I'd like to.

Status of Women committee  All of that is wrong, Madam Chair. I have to correct the record.

Status of Women committee  Chair, I'm happy to talk about it.

Status of Women committee  No, it's not.

Status of Women committee  I am here now, but you won't let me speak.