Status of Women committee  As I mentioned in my remarks, the policies are being developed by those who are on the ground, with students having input and so on, which I think is really important for peer accountability. The government is certainly reviewing these policies, and then, for compliance and accou

Status of Women committee  Certainly the UN document has the attention of a lot of provinces and a lot of countries. To be very frank with you, just from my own experience, it's definitely had some play in what Ontario's policies have shaped up to be. There's not a lot of that kind of document out there th

Status of Women committee  It's not been updated since 2004.

Status of Women committee  In Ontario we have established the permanent round table. In fact, that was the one that I referenced in an earlier question. It's very cross-cutting in terms of representation, with some very front-line service providers, and then nationally Lisa tried to work with the other pro

Status of Women committee  In broad-brush terms, a lot of the public awareness and other programs we have, as I mentioned earlier, are in 16 different languages, so we're trying to address that. In terms of the sexual violence round table that we have, we have a very rich representation around that table

Status of Women committee  I think there's always more that can be done, not that I get to speak on any particular part of your government. I think that in Ontario there is a recognition that there are different needs for different communities and different folks who are affected. I would say that we're tr

Status of Women committee  A lot of our focus is on what we found with indigenous women. They're at higher risk, certainly, in terms of being a vulnerable group. We can come back with some stats, actually, in the next couple of days regarding Toronto and Ontario being very diverse. We have some data we can

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, and good afternoon. Bonjour. I'd like to begin by thanking the committee for inviting Tracy MacCharles, the Minister Responsible for Women's Issues, to speak to you today, and I'm delighted to be here on her behalf. As you know, we are very committed to endi