Status of Women committee  Yes, you just mentioned one of the key things. You have two national strategies right now on the table, for housing and poverty. How are you going to make sure the money is getting there? How are you going to make sure everything is funded properly? You need to make sure that wha

Status of Women committee  To add to that, I think when you're thinking about concrete pieces, we put it down to a few pillars. For example, you have to include human rights language in policy and law, and you have to start thinking about things from the human rights perspective, a gendered perspective, wh

Status of Women committee  It's implementation of policies and programs that don't consider a gendered lens.

Status of Women committee  It's implementation.

Status of Women committee  I think there are various ways to do it. For example, when we talk about poverty, it's never a silver bullet solution. You've heard a number of really great ideas at this table. Of course, we're presenting ideas with regard to housing. There is child care; there are wage gap is

Status of Women committee  Essentially, one of the things we're saying, first and foremost, is to use the human rights framework. Part of this will involve accountability mechanisms and the ability of people to access the money. It's going to require dedicated resources and responses from the people who ar

Status of Women committee  Yes, but if you are talking about housing as well, look primarily first at the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights and then at CEDAW also.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, and thanks everyone. Good morning. My name is Megan Hooft and I'm the deputy director of Canada Without Poverty. I'm joined by my colleague Michèle Biss, our legal education and outreach coordinator. We are pleased to make this submission on three critical factors th