Status of Women committee  I can answer that. I don't have the figure in front of me, but I believe women make up 52% or 53% of the federal public service overall. That includes areas of traditional female occupations, such as clerical work, where women are overrepresented and clustered. The administrative

Status of Women committee  We have the Employment Equity Act, so the employers within the federal public service, all the departments, have to have employment equity plans that look at their workforce and look at the external labour market, and take measures to improve those areas in which there is a gap i

Status of Women committee  It is my understanding that HRSDC is looking at those recommendations now. Through the Canadian Labour Congress we provided inputs to HRSDC recently, earlier this year. The Canadian Labour Congress provided a whole host of comments on the recommendations and an indication of whic

Status of Women committee  Yes. My understanding is it was put on the shelf for a few years and HRSDC has picked it up this year and is studying the recommendations.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  There are a number of concerns we have about the effectiveness of the current legislation, and obviously we're preparing for a review of the act at some point. One of the impacts on this area of women in non-traditional jobs is that employment equity plans have to look at the ex

Status of Women committee  Yes.