Status of Women committee  No, I'm afraid not. I think that question would best be answered by Mr. Kessel, the department's legal adviser.

Status of Women committee  The purpose of the meeting on the 21st, as Mr. Weetman has described, was to ensure that we had a clear understanding between the minister's office and departmental officials on appropriate language or the most effective language to communicate Canada's policy in these issue area

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. Yes, in fact, these exchanges between the minister's office and officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade are a regular and normal occurrence. In fact, it's an essential and valuable exchanges that takes place between the ministe