Status of Women committee  I think that Ms. McDonald said it a few minutes ago: we absolutely have to follow up on the commitment made last year in Italy. That is the beginning, it is really the starting point, it is absolutely essential. We all have to be on the same wavelength. If the government wants

Status of Women committee  I'm sure the Americans and the British have their own private funding that comes. But in the 146 countries, you are all responsible for your own funding. Fundraising has kind of taken a side step, in part because I have fundraising efforts elsewhere, but it's something we'll have

Status of Women committee  That is the reason, why as Robert said, we absolutely have to agree on the way to move forward since the millennium objectives for development form a whole. An educated woman has better control over her life. A woman who can plan her pregnancies has more possibilities. It must be

Status of Women committee  Nobody would dispute that. It's an important point to raise because Canada has played a leadership role in terms of agriculture for many years. Am I to understand that you're recommending we use agricultural technology to create genetically modified and hopefully sterile sperm

Status of Women committee  The last point I was going to make earlier in my remarks and didn't have a chance to because I was waxing eloquent about other things is that I believe this Parliament—not this government, this Parliament—needs to re-commit to a human rights model as part of our agenda for women'

Status of Women committee  It depends on the country. We sometimes forget that one of the reasons we can play a leadership role is that we share similar geographies with many of these countries. Some of the technologies we've developed in telemedicine are an example, and how we deal with rural communities

Status of Women committee  I am going to say two things, very quickly. I think that Canada historically has demonstrated leadership in the area of women's equality, women's rights and the health of women. This is a position that was established and developed and cultivated over a number of years. If this r

Status of Women committee  I would like to see several things. First of all, I think there has to be funding. Robert has mentioned it. I think we've all mentioned it. That was part of what this G-8 was supposed to be about. It was not supposed to be a question of what maternal health is but rather a ques

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, members, who have taken the time to be here and to actually discuss and to also think seriously about some of the issues, as Robert has put them in context. I have been in a privileged position; we're all in a privileged position, but my