Status of Women committee  Mr. Okros could probably answer that better than I could, but I would point to the tremendous stigma that still exists. Those who have successfully filed complaints have had to deal with negative feedback in the media, and that can be a deterrent.

Status of Women committee  Yes, and it's even tougher in an organization like the armed forces.

Status of Women committee  No, I'm fine.

Status of Women committee  Yes. I'd have to check the most recent figures, but that's generally where things stand. It depends on the type of operations. In policing, 15% or 16% of officers may be women, and that number may have gone up slightly. In the armed forces, however, the proportion of women still

Status of Women committee  The national action plan is a Government of Canada plan mainly targeting the Department of National Defence and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On the foreign affairs side, there is an international desire to increase the number of women who join the United Nations as peacek

Status of Women committee  The United Nations has various targets. For its entire workforce, the target is 50% women. For peacekeeping operations, various targets were put forward for 2010 to 2020, but I'm not sure whether there is a specific target right now. For example, in policing, the target was 20%,

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  I see.

Status of Women committee  Are you asking what the Government of Canada's target is?

Status of Women committee  I don't think there's an actual target for the participation of Canadian women in peacekeeping operations, other than to increase their numbers. The RCMP would say the situation is changing. It is, in fact, sending more and more women to take part in these operations. There may

Status of Women committee  I would argue that, yes, they are suffering the same challenges. I'm not as familiar with the other countries. I do know that Australia has done a lot in terms of putting policies in place and really trying to change that culture within the armed forces. That would be something t

Status of Women committee  I wouldn't be the best person to answer. I haven't worked with the LGBTQ+ community. If we're hearing this from women on this committee and we're getting all this data about what women are going through, then I would argue that, certainly, there is a lot that we don't know in ter

Status of Women committee  As Alan mentioned, the cadet system is a separate system. In terms of the schooling, the education in the public system, if you look at national action plans that look at women, peace and security around the world, there are a number of these plans that actually advise changing t

Status of Women committee  As Alan mentioned, I've met so many women who have joined, but after a number of years have left, because they aren't able to be themselves, in addition to everything else they may have encountered. Certainly, their voices are not being recognized. Another point I will make is

Status of Women committee  I think changing the organization, and changing the culture, as we've been mentioning, would go a long way to making it a more accessible organization. If women, or young women, are looking at this organization, and what they see in the media, it's not always very positive. The