Status of Women committee  In terms of the next steps, to answer the question I think you're getting at, if I understand the question correctly, it is how will we consult civil society. I think that's the question.

Status of Women committee  I think the disconnect comes from—and StatsCan certainly does tremendous work on gender-disaggregated data—the misperception that we collect disaggregated data across all levels of gender diversity, such as age, aboriginal status, and language. Those really are key components of

Status of Women committee  The working group is actually a sub-working group of our gender-based analysis interdepartmental committee, which the Department of Finance is a part of. We did solicit participation from everybody, and they could self-select into the group. So they're not in the actual working g

Status of Women committee  Right, exactly.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it's a collaboration between Status of Women Canada and Statistics Canada. It's actually the one Sheila was referring to, which falls between the larger documents.

Status of Women committee  We've not had an update since 2003. Whether it will be part of the new indicator project is probably something up for further discussion, actually.

Status of Women committee  I'd like to thank the committee for having me here today. I'm a research analyst with Status of Women Canada and I am responsible for the gender equality indicator project, so I'll be providing you with a brief overview of the project as requested by the committee. I think you