Status of Women committee  I think there are a couple of things here. One, when it comes to looking at part II, which is the funded training part, that particular pot of money doesn't come from contributions. I think this is something that really needs to be revisited in terms of who can access it, who can

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely.

Status of Women committee  I think that at the provincial level, if people are actually making a choice for work, there has to be more attention to some of the things that they're losing. If they are losing their drug card, there need to be programs out there so that they can get at least the equivalent co

Status of Women committee  I would like to build on the GBA+, because I feel that whenever there's funding coming from the federal to the provincial government, it's earmarked for a particular thing. GBA can be part of that. Among the criteria for approving community projects when there's a call for a prop

Status of Women committee  I don't think there is an easy fix. I really feel that we need to look at how programs can be designed so that they will equally benefit women. When it comes to employment, you can't have public policy, either provincially or federally, such that when you make the choice to work,

Status of Women committee  Hi. My name is Valerie Carruthers. I'm with the Women's Economic Council. I'm here with my colleague Rosalind Lockyer. I'd like to thank you for your time today. My focus is going to be on EI reform. I've worked with women to sustain them to transition to employment for the l