Status of Women committee  --comparing it and contrasting it to that of other countries. Canada is one of the latest countries to come out officially with a national action plan. In fact, we've gone further than most of the other international partners. We are the first country that has in fact integrated

Status of Women committee  We'd be pleased to. It's certainly available on the website in both English and French.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for the question. I would maybe back up by saying that in terms of changing the terminology, I read some of the testimony from the previous witnesses on the concern about the shift on the using of terms. In fact, we use the terms interchangeably

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. As regards Canada's operational commitments, we are very active diplomatically. We are very involved at the United Nations and in other international arenas in promoting the protection of civilians and gender equality. We contribute to normative developme

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. In fact, our intent very much was to continue to work with civil society and to secure their input. Peacebuild was a partner for us as we were developing the action plan. They helped to facilitate consultations with Canadian civil society. We benefited from engaging with abo

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Each department, as you noted, is going to be responsible for following through. What we have done is that within the plan, we've specifically said that there'll be an annual report that will be issued publicly. First of all, there's nothing like a public report to ensure that pe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is a real challenge. This is my day job. I work on this 24/7, dealing with issues of conflict and fragility, and there is a huge appetite and expectation in a 24/7 culture that you can change things instantaneously. For some of these issues, we are very much, as you say, sir,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say a couple of things. First of all, I'm very aware of the seriousness of these issues, having myself served in a country where these issues are very much at the fore. Prior to taking on this assignment, I was the representative of Canada in Kandahar, and so I dealt with

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would just like to add that UN Women will be including issues related to the peace and security of women in its own action plan. We will be working with these people in New York to try and better understand how they would like to proceed. We will be seeking to ascertain whether

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The Pearson Centre for Peacekeeping and Peacebuild are two organizations that we work with. We work jointly on various projects. We will continue to work with them. I cannot comment on their overall budget, but I know that we are currently cooperating on several projects. The Pea

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. That's my job, in fact. Since every department is responsible for its own part of the action plan, my team and myself will be handling interdepartmental coordination. We have worked very closely with Canadian NGOs, and we would like to continue to do that. I

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. I'll start with the second one first, since that's my area of responsibility within START. In fact, there are very few countries now that we would refer to as “failed states”. The preference internationally within the OECD DAC and within the UN is to refe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to address the committee on this important subject. The coordinating responsibility within the Government of Canada for the U.N. Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security resides with the Department of Foreign Affairs,