Status of Women committee  We have started the calls for proposals since the government was put in place. We had a call in the spring, and we have a call right now. They're both for leadership, but leadership that could address violence against women, depending on the type of subject you want to discuss in terms of the leaders, what barriers you want to remove.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we gave roughly $1 million to Equal Voice for a three-year project to look at some of the barriers in the different legislation—provincial, federal, and municipal—so that women can participate better in federal, provincial, and municipal politics. That may be in terms of the way you vote, the voting system, or if there is child care in some areas.

Status of Women committee  They will do a needs assessment; they'll have to do that. They will also be working with other organizations that were funded under that theme in order to come up with the best questions, have a good portrait, and look at the set of actions to implement.

Status of Women committee  It's national. It started in Toronto as a pilot. It's going to Vancouver, and it's also going to be going to the east coast. I don't have the name off the top of my head, but Vancouver is there and so is Toronto. I guess the locations are mostly decided, because they do build partnerships with school boards, and it's quite a process.

Status of Women committee  I don't necessarily have the interim report in front of me, but I know that it's a project that is going well. The FCM has a very strong capacity to deliver that kind of project. They're very knowledgeable. It's going pretty well right now.

Status of Women committee  Right now I know that they're still recruiting. I know that they have recruited. I don't have the exact number. I'm waiting for my interim report, unfortunately, so I probably will be able to give you more information in a couple of weeks. I should get the report then.

Status of Women committee  They provide in-kind contributions and some time to the project.

Status of Women committee  Well, we've funded the FCM before for projects that had the same ultimate goal of getting young women involved or even of going into schools to tell young women about the interests of being involved in the political world. It's not the first time we have had that kind of project.

Status of Women committee  The project started a few months ago. What you described is very true: it's job shadowing, six hours per week, and it's taking place in four different communities, Edmonton being one of them. Unfortunately, the other three escape me, but I can send you the information. It's also to make sure that while they are job shadowing the women can also try to be on boards during the period of the program and afterward, so they're working with different agencies and boards to make sure there is some continuity.

Status of Women committee  The Ontario region is based in the Ottawa office.

Status of Women committee  National aboriginal is my unit.

Status of Women committee  There are, yes.

Status of Women committee  For a short period of time, success can be measured based on the rate of participation and the resulting projects. When projects are being considered, it comes down to whether they could have a sustainable impact on the community. That is often determined based on participation rates.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  In terms of outreach, for example, the rural call was actually very good in harnessing projects from aboriginal communities. We received quite a few projects. In terms of outreach, we also have.... My apologies, but I will continue in French. We begin by contacting other departments with relatively similar projects or programs to see how we could work together.