Status of Women committee  That's the one. Just to clarify, the numbers were, I believe, that 62 have come in through the program.

Status of Women committee  Those were absolute numbers, not percentages.

Status of Women committee  Yes, actually it was fewer than five women.

Status of Women committee  The federal skilled trades program is a relatively new program, launched in January 2013. The take-up has been slow. It should be noted that tradespersons, as I mentioned in my remarks, can come in through other programs as well, for example, the federal skilled worker program

Status of Women committee  Sorry, in the federal skilled worker program, did you ask the percentage of women coming through?

Status of Women committee  It's about one-third, according to Monsieur Dumas.

Status of Women committee  The largest part of CIC's budget is spent on settlement and immigration services for immigrants and newcomers to Canada. I think that to do justice to your question, we'd like to take it back.... Because none of us is responsible for that area of our department, perhaps we'll tak

Status of Women committee  Well, actually I'll continue my easy ride and pass the question on to Maia Welbourne who is in charge of this.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. My name is Matthew Graham. I am the acting director of permanent economic immigration policy within the immigration branch at Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It is my privilege to be joined by Maia Welbourne, who is director general of strategic pol