Status of Women committee  Perfect. Okay, I'll just say that, if there are questions, I'd be happy to entertain them. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and honourable members, for the opportunity to discuss the important topic of Canadian businesswomen in international trade. This is very timely, as Canada is committed to advancing a progressive and inclusive trade agenda that addresses such issu

Status of Women committee  If you want to start, I'll come up with the last one.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the question. In terms of what the government is doing for women abroad, as former CIDA—and we are now a new department, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development—I think you will see policies and alignment that take into account foreign p

Status of Women committee  Thanks very much for the question. As we prepare for two or three of the larger events—there's the WEConnect event that takes place every fall in Toronto, and the WBENC trade show and conference takes place in June in Philadelphia—we're in touch with people who have signed up an

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  This is the universe of Canadian companies as it exists in the database. I'm not sure how many would be women-owned.

Status of Women committee  I think the barriers that would be faced by women entrepreneurs are similar to those faced by any other small or medium-sized enterprise in Canada. Is there a market for my goods? Who is my partner? Is there a demand for my product or service? Who do I do business with in the mar

Status of Women committee  LinkedIn, being a social media-type vehicle, can be one-on-one, but in the short experience that I've seen with the program, one person has a question and multiple people have answers and advice. While it can facilitate that one-on-one, what I've seen is that there's advice com

Status of Women committee  It's 1,000 members and growing.

Status of Women committee  The majority of them are women; I wouldn't have a figure on how many of them are men. I mean, I'm on the women's LinkedIn group, so there's at least one.

Status of Women committee  We've promoted it in that publication. It's on our Canada exports site. It's word of mouth. As well, just through our network we're encouraging people to get out and join the LinkedIn group. But it has a momentum of its own. Clients will refer their other clients and suppliers

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and honourable members, for the opportunity to join you this afternoon. I've brought some members of my team to discuss and to share with you some thoughts on the important topic of Canadian businesswomen in international trade. In my comments t