Human Resources committee  May I please have a quick comment there?

Human Resources committee  It also depends on whether or not the service is available. That's a very big part of it. Even if a family has resources, there may be no child care available in their area because there's a two-year waiting list. There may be no affordable, accessible child care, or not enough o

Human Resources committee  I do believe, as I said, that housing is a really critical issue in poverty, and particularly for women. I think the federal government needs to have a national housing strategy that has a gender analysis built into it, and one that increases the funding for specific groups of wo

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I will expand a little on my “yes”. We firmly believe the best way to help poor children is to help their mothers, and there is lots of research, including evaluation of our own economic development programs, that supports that belief. Research by the United Nations and the Wor

Human Resources committee  Thank you. The Canadian Women's Foundation is Canada's only national public foundation dedicated to helping women and girls reach their full economic and social potential. We invest in the power of women and the dreams of girls. We raise funds from the private sector—corporatio