Status of Women committee  The data that is available is data collected under the public service employee survey. Unfortunately, the question that is asked in the survey is just an overall question on harassment. It covers sexual harassment, but it can cover harassment on the basis of ethnic origin, religi

Status of Women committee  My understanding is there's been a slight increase since the last public service employee survey. We're now at 31% of women reporting harassment. If I remember correctly, it was 29% in the 2009 survey, so there is a slight increase. We are concerned that increase might be the eff

Status of Women committee  This comes to back to the discussion we just had with Ms. Ambler on employment equity. The budget indeed proposes to eliminate in practice the contractual obligation. This obligation targets private companies under provincial jurisdiction that have more than 100 employees and tha

Status of Women committee  Yes, on that huge question.... It's obviously really important for women to decide whether they want to have kids or not, first of all, and if they do want to have kids, when they will have them and in what conditions. Child care has been identified by Supreme Court Judge Rosalie

Status of Women committee  We would hope that the constitutional right to freedom of expression be extended to organizations such as those, and that we recognize the need in a democracy for informed dialogue.

Status of Women committee  Obviously we rely on that kind of data, and more. We need that kind of labour market information to address unemployment policies, and so on.

Status of Women committee  Thanks for the question. One of the factors that would drive the young girls, obviously, is good pay, because these are jobs that really pay much more than doing hair and selling things in a store. There has been a slight increase. We've been working hard, as a women's movement

Status of Women committee  We're concerned about the shutting down of the voice—the advocacy space for the charitable sector that we're seeing in this budget and in current initiatives federally. When David Suzuki feels he must resign from his very own foundation because he doesn't have the freedom to spea

Status of Women committee  There's absolutely a chilling effect going on in the charitable sector. People are afraid to talk. It's very sad, because they are often the people who know most about what is happening on the ground, where the problems are, and how we can remedy those problems. It's a very scary

Status of Women committee  I think the answer is obvious. This is not helpful for girls, women, or citizens in general. It's very worrisome. The unions are also currently facing an attack because of their charitable status. There's a current bill to examine in detail the financial...the functioning of the

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  The outcome will be less good public policy, and policy that is more often influenced by the market, by business, and by private interests that have their own profit at heart, or possibly by other actors. But certainly it is not in the public interest to weaken the advocacy voice

Status of Women committee  Many of our members are certainly active in some of those charitable groups, as are many Canadians. We know that a lot of people give up their time to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society can eat and have access to housing, training, and mentoring. I think we rely very

Status of Women committee  We've lost dozens and dozens of advocacy organizations. Really, the changes that have come about in Canadian society and in the provinces have been the result of advocacy by women's groups. It is feminist advocacy that brought forward the need for maternity benefits and explained

Status of Women committee  I think men and boys are engaged by most of the ministries of this government, and I would hope that Status of Women Canada would focus on the advancement of girls. There are very few programs left that actually focus on girls. If you look at the data and the statistics, there