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Status of Women committee  I would just add on that point the work I did with the Association of Atlantic Universities was very early on, but we were trying to get a more consistent approach to sexual assault policies, particularly on the issue of recording, and that is partly for another big issue around

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  I could start off on that. Page 4 of the short document on the university policies does list eight best practices for policies. I think that it's picking up on what Professor Chambers said, as well. Funding for this is important and there needs to be a lot more. It so happens t

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  I guess my somewhat flippant answer is more for Billy Bush than Donald Trump at the moment, because he was fired, but that's a recent thing and not very good accountability. It's not just the Trump effect, although that's such an obvious one, but it's the importance of role model

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  That's a very interesting and important area, I think. Again, everybody says it's not only focusing on the problem, but where it is coming from. Part of the problem, clearly, is men—young men, old men, and so on—mostly men, not exclusively, but mostly men, so what do we do about

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  There are a number of ways. As your chair indicated, there are some constitutional challenges because this is, first of all, education, and even the criminal aspect is kind of more prevention, which is kind of section 92.14 as opposed to section 91.27 of the Constitution, but I d

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  That's pretty well—

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  Great. First of all, I have a little handout. Perhaps I could get somebody to pass that around.

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay

Status of Women committee  That's fine. Well, the main thing—actually, I guess the cartoons are in French and English—is that somebody referred to Donald Trump. As a native Nova Scotian, I have to sing the praises of Mr. MacKinnon. What a great cartoonist he is. When you do get this, it says “make Americ

October 19th, 2016Committee meeting

Alexander Wayne MacKay