Status of Women committee  The changes that I believe will make a difference in the long run are the interrelated issues of income, social status, and gender. There's so much work that still remains to be done for the equality rights of women. Low-income women's lives are not equal. The barriers are very

Status of Women committee  I just want to add to that. It seems to me that resources are always limited. Without having good information, one then is not using evidence-based decision-making, and primarily that's what we all have to do. We do evidence-based decision-making in the areas that I'm familiar wi

Status of Women committee  We've had an excellent response. We've had unbelievable outcomes from this project. I guess that's why I'm so concerned about the advocacy issue, because if we're not going to be doing advocacy, we're stuck with what we have. That means that policies aren't going to change in the

Status of Women committee  The court challenges program has been an essential one for all diverse groups of women and low-income people, and as has already been commented, without access to that kind of legal intervention, the systemic changes that are necessary are not going to take place.

Status of Women committee  Well, I know many women's groups have rallied in order to show their displeasure. There have been many briefs written. I guess at this point it's time for those who make the policies to have the opportunity to perhaps reconsider. Sometimes the right thing to do is to reconsider.

Status of Women committee  I have one. The loss of the Winnipeg regional office will certainly negatively affect all women's groups in Manitoba who work with diverse and low-income women.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to present our views here today. I'm with the Women's Health Clinic. It's a non-profit community health centre in Winnipeg that's based on the principles of feminism, equity, and diversity. Since April 2001, the Women's Health Clinic ha