Government Operations committee  With respect to non-partisan advice, the gate is very much there. In fact, I think it's in part because there is the Privy Council Office and there is the Prime Minister's Office. Our role at the Privy Council Office is to coordinate across government departments to ensure, for e

Government Operations committee  The Privy Council Office has a role in two main areas. The first is providing the framework and guidance for developing memoranda to cabinet, which include a gender-based analysis component. The Privy Council Office, working with Status of Women, has informed how that gender-base

Government Operations committee  When we bring in a new tool, there's always a period of adjustment. There are also memoranda to cabinet that have already been developed and are in the queue, and we are bringing forward other proposals as they come. It's really a transitional measure.

Government Operations committee  It's possible.

Government Operations committee  The working group on the review of laws and policies was set up to review government policies as well as operational practices and procedures, taking into account the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, section 35 of the charter, and the overall reconc

Government Operations committee  Related to the gender-based analysis question, but not exclusively, there is a structure and a format for developing and writing cabinet proposals, the memoranda to cabinet. PCO has developed a due diligence tool that supports the analysis and the thinking around bringing forward

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. Allow me to explain how we study policies. It is normally done within the departments: They conduct analyses of their programs as well as the major trends, and then propose policies. Our role is to ensure the quality of these analyses, in collaborat

Government Operations committee  We did a gender-based analysis to advise the other departments, including Status of Women Canada, and to make sure that the consequences policies have on women and on other Canadians are properly understood. It's hard to give a concrete example, but it applies to all policies and

Government Operations committee  It is a gender-based analysis plus, or GBA+. The “+” sign refers to the intersectionality between people. As you mentioned, this includes indigenous peoples, but also members of minority groups, in the context of access to services within society.

Government Operations committee  Those numbers are still being planned, Mr. Chair, so I wouldn't have an answer at this time.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, can I respond to that question. The Working Group of Ministers on the Review of Laws and Policies Related to Indigenous Peoples is quite separate from the inquiry and—

Government Operations committee  Yes, so the national inquiry is independent from government. The Privy Council Office has provided administrative support as it does for all types of inquires on external bodies, for example, setting up contracting and that type of thing, but the inquiry is run by the inquiry.

Government Operations committee  The role of the working group of ministers, Mr. Chair, as I mentioned earlier, is quite a broad mandate. It is looking at government policies and laws and operational procedures in the context of advancing reconciliation and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigen

Government Operations committee  The role, Mr. Chair, that the Privy Council Office plays in supporting the working group is to support the committee of ministers. That really is organizing the engagement sessions. It's providing briefs and analysis supporting the committee functioning in a secretarial way, prob

Government Operations committee  How that is broken out is the $974,000 to date which would be at the end of January, 2019 that is the break down where $444,000 is for salary, and $149,000 in non-salary spent to date, thus far. There are still a few months remaining in the fiscal year.