Finance committee  Right now we do have a deputy minister that was named for Status of Women. She would continue on as deputy minister and there would be no change in FTEs.

Finance committee  Do you mean how many departments?

Finance committee  I don't know the number off the top of my head. In terms of Status of Women Canada going from an agency to a department, it is certainly one of the first in recent history.

Finance committee  Yes. Right now Status of Women Canada is an agency. It would be formalizing it into a new full department, similar to other full departments in the Government of Canada. There's no funding associated with this piece of legislation. In 2016 and 2017, consecutive budgets have inv

Finance committee  In terms of an expanded mandate for Status of Women, the current activities would continue. Then there could be opportunities to expand those activities beyond what we're doing. At the moment, this is really just about creating a department. We're looking at ways we could be doin

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely.

Finance committee  In terms of the title, yes, exactly.

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. There would be a deputy minister and minister. Currently, Minister Monsef is the Minister of Status of Women. If this legislation passes, either she continues in her role or there would have to be another decision made.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I'm going to be speaking to clauses 661 to 674. My name is Danielle Bélanger. I'm from Status of Women Canada. The department for women and gender equality act, which is proposed in these clauses, formalizes the important role of the former Office of the Co