Status of Women committee  We can't reapply quite yet.

Status of Women committee  No. You have to wait at least a year. God knows, maybe it will be longer, and yes, we are trying to meet with the representatives of Status of Women Canada to talk about the need for funding. Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  I will just say briefly that it's there in our remarks. We think it's extremely important for the reasons that you've mentioned.

Status of Women committee  One of the restrictions we've faced is from foundations. We've tried to find funding from foundations, and again, foundations are very specific in what they'll fund. Our programs and what we're trying to do didn't fit into their criteria, so at both an individual and an instituti

Status of Women committee  Yes, that would be one reason.

Status of Women committee  I think government does need to look at how social needs are being met in this country. There are many programs where more money should be going, and groups that should be getting money from other sources shouldn't have to come to Status of Women Canada. There's no doubt there ar

Status of Women committee  First, we were not consulted, and I don't know of anyone else who was. I actually find it easier to answer the reverse: what does it mean not to have capacity? It's easier because that's what we've been experiencing in the last while. It's just so hard to do anything. We've had t

Status of Women committee  No, they've not asked us that—at least, in recent years.

Status of Women committee  If I could add to that, as we said, we really hope this committee can go further than looking at who has received funding and who was denied, and look at these bigger questions of both mandate and nature of funding for Status of Women Canada. It would be an important contribution

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. It takes a back seat.

Status of Women committee  I think someone else said it so well. It was broadened in the sense that more money was provided, but it was restricted in terms of feminist groups' access to it. Broadening the groups that could apply didn't help us; it provides more competition, I suppose, to feminist groups th

Status of Women committee  The question is new and other partners, possibly, but I don't think it's enough. CRIAW was able to turn to a new partner, SSHRC, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, to get a major research grant. Other organizations don't have that option. Where do they go? We've

Status of Women committee  Could I answer the question as well? We're here because our organization's future is at stake, and so are the futures of other feminist organizations in Canada. We want to speak up and speak out and call for a change before feminist organizations are eliminated from any governme

Status of Women committee  I was just going to say yes, it was partly that we were denied this time, and it was a total surprise to us. But we were surprised that we were funded after the changes four years ago. So I really do believe there is a deeper issue of the way in which the program is structured an

Status of Women committee  We definitely developed proposals to fit the criteria. We did submit one previously under the new criteria--the criteria changed four years ago--and we were approved, and that happened. We then developed a subsequent--like a phase 2--proposal from the one that was, to provide t