Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  In our survey, the question was rather broad. We were not talking only about sexual harassment, but also abuse of power, such as constantly yelling at the employees or any other type of abusive behaviour. We could look into this further to determine exactly the type of behaviour

Status of Women committee  It was a pleasure.

Status of Women committee  Vicky spoke to these issues, too—

Status of Women committee  There's the idea that you may not get an assignment, that your career prospects may be harmed if you come forward. Again, corridor reputation is so important. It's even more important within the foreign service than most public service workplaces. I think that provides a disincen

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  No, we don't keep any statistics.

Status of Women committee  No. The members have to come to us first before we get involved. In most cases, members use the mechanisms available within their departments and do not ask their association to get involved.

Status of Women committee  Yes. We provide people with familiarization training on the culture of the country where they will be posted. We also hire Canadians from that country who have worked there. They have one day or so of training to become familiar with local practices, cultural, business and so on.

Status of Women committee  I am hesitant to answer, because we do not have specific data. But we could certainly ask our members the question and forward the estimated costs to you at a later time. Still, I would say that, when the person is posted abroad, there are multiple costs, compared to those for a

Status of Women committee  Yes, but I have to say that it's very rare. I have of course consulted with our office, and they said that, quite frankly, they were not aware of any cases where the association was involved, over the past three or four years. That is a good sign. At any rate, we could do a bit

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, there is no doubt about that.

Status of Women committee  As I said, it was 56% of our total membership, so somewhere in the neighbourhood of 750 individuals.

Status of Women committee  It was done about one month ago.

Status of Women committee  We're still sifting through the data. We had to scramble a little bit to assemble some statistics for this presentation.