Status of Women committee  It has happened, yes.

Status of Women committee  It's been a number of years since we did it. I know two individuals personally who were involved. One was an inspector and was demoted all the way to sergeant. Another was a staff sergeant.

Status of Women committee  Yes, he was red circled. They didn't suddenly lose $30,000 a year in either case. They were red circled at their current rate, but their position then was at a lower level, so they were no longer managers, no longer supervisors. They were put in positions where they were working

Status of Women committee  We haven't had any recent cases so there's no kind of legal precedent in terms of appeals of that. I don't know what the processes were back then in terms of whether they appealed it or just accepted it. It would be interesting to see if we did it in the current day how that woul

Status of Women committee  It certainly sent a real shock wave. One day you're wearing a white shirt and you're in charge of a pile of people and the next day you're not. It showed we're willing to hold everybody to the same standard not just the people in lower ranks.

Status of Women committee  I apologize, but by the time I switched over here, I missed the very beginning of your question. I hate to ask you, but could you repeat it?

Status of Women committee  That committee, really, is a group of people who look at best practices, trends that they've seen, the need for further education in the organization, and become a kind of centre of knowledge in terms of what has occurred in cases. There are almost precedents set, so if someone s

Status of Women committee  They're mostly HR professionals who, of course, study this type of activity. They're really in touch with what's going on across the workforce, particularly when they cover the Ontario public service, which of course numbers thousands and thousands more employees in addition to t

Status of Women committee  I don't have statistics on that committee in terms of what they have seen or recognized, or how often. I do know, just from my role as commissioner, that there are no glaring systemic issues out there. There are one-offs, and with 9,000 employees, to have 10 to 15 complaints of t

Status of Women committee  It depends on the circumstances. There's a variety of factors there. We certainly try to resolve these within two months, but we often don't. Sometimes there are issues around investigation and interviews and things like that. Generally speaking, though, the vast majority of ours

Status of Women committee  Many of our female members are seeking the supervisory roles, at the sergeant and staff sergeant level, the lower supervisory roles. Not many are seeking the commissioned officer or higher rank roles. We've just had this discussion in the last few months and we really want to imp

Status of Women committee  I may be gone, but my wife will still be around.

Status of Women committee  That's correct.

Status of Women committee  It is for sure, yes.

Status of Women committee  I can't say there was a benchmark there that is clear to me. Initially, I know things happened that should not have happened. At times they were properly dealt with, at times they weren't reported, and at times they weren't effectively dealt with. Over the years it has reached th