Status of Women committee  While the agriculture sector might be dominated by males here in Canada, in the rest of the world it isn't. It's actually women farmers who are doing most of the agriculture work. There are lots of different programs and policies that can be in place to empower women to enter tha

Status of Women committee  It's done by, first of all, investing in training programs, and then making laws. I don't know the specific context here in Canada in terms of women's access to land, but anywhere in the world, access to capital is a real challenge for women. We see that with small business owner

Status of Women committee  Do you mean specifically for child care?

Status of Women committee  In general, we always point to the Nordic countries—Sweden, Finland, Denmark—as examples. I'm not sure about the U.K. system, but I would definitely look at those countries.

Status of Women committee  I just want to add that one of the challenges here in Canada is that it is a federal system, and a lot of things lie within provincial jurisdiction. In that case, I would also encourage you to look at Germany, which is also a federal system where jurisdictions are split like that

Status of Women committee  No, we have not heard what the real barriers are. Anita pointed some of those out earlier, and we definitely agree that we want a good system rather than a rushed system. There are models out there that can be looked at and studied. In fact, the Quebec model is hailed as one of

Status of Women committee  —to meet the UN target of 0.7%. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to present Oxfam's recommendations on women's economic security. Just yesterday we launched our feminist scorecard tracking government action to advance women's rights and gender equality. While the government has taken some significant s