Status of Women committee  Exactly. We're enablers.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we are.

Status of Women committee  Yes, and it is more important from our point of view because we always remind people that we are not going to be the experts on everything. That's a very dangerous road for us to go down. However, we've done extensive training with the science cluster in the past year and, as Vau

Status of Women committee  First of all, it was a very successful appearance before CEDAW earlier this fall because of the many actions that the government has taken, including the inquiry on missing and murdered women. In terms of it being a federal strategy as opposed to a national one, I believe when

Status of Women committee  The federal strategy, as the mandate letter commitment said, will be a federal one, but we are working very hard with the provinces and territories to ensure that there is national-level monitoring and reporting out on gender-based violence. As I mentioned, there has already been

Status of Women committee  We don't keep statistics on the overall proportion of all public servants who have taken the training, but we have been able to monitor the percentage increase, which is increasing at such an exponential rate right now that we can hardly keep track of it. I think that in the futu

Status of Women committee  We consulted on various initiatives, including ones in the realm of natural resources, but I'm not in a position to comment on cabinet confidence-related issues.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'm not sure about that; it is in the purview of a different minister. We have been working with the science departments on all manner of different issues, but on that particular one, we've committed to working. We also have met the researcher who has brought that i

Status of Women committee  We are committed to working with the department officials to raise the issue.

Status of Women committee  There is a program run out of Global Affairs Canada called the “business women in international trade”, BWIT, program. My understanding is that there is information, including success stories, on their website that you can research. There has not actually been a formal evaluation

Status of Women committee  We'd like to get back to you with the specifics on that question. Most government programs are evaluated at various times, so it would be best to get back to you because it isn't a program run by Status of Women.

Status of Women committee  If it's okay, Madam Chair, I would like to call Nanci-Jean Waugh, director general of communications, Status of Women, to answer this question.

Status of Women committee  As you're aware, as part of budget 2016, Status of Women obtained new resources for gender-based analysis. We've been able to not just staff up, but to staff up thoughtfully, in trying to bring people into the Status of Women who have expertise in different areas; that is, people

Status of Women committee  Do you mean information in terms of research that we ourselves have?

Status of Women committee  The “plus” in gender-based analysis plus encourages people, other departments, and analysts, to look at all different aspects of diversity. Lucie, do you want to answer from the funding side? I believe Status of Women has funded DAWN in the past specifically.