Status of Women committee  You talked about the crisis on the ground. We know that when Canadians go into crisis situations there's rape, there's displacement and there are all kinds of quite horrendous experiences that the population has been traumatized with. How are women important in dealing with that

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I came from the teaching realm and I can tell you: when the first female vice-principal at the high school level emerged, it was tough for her. They put her through the ropes. This would be in, I don't know, the late 1980s, not that long ago. You talked about attract

Status of Women committee  Okay. Is it time for a female chief of the defence staff?

Status of Women committee  Given all of that, do you see a future where we would have a female?

Status of Women committee  Okay. That's good. Brigadier-General Bourgon, you're the defence champion. I thank you for that. You spoke about peacekeeping. We heard that there is an important role for women in terms of peacekeeping. Given some of the negatives, like the experience in Haiti and other place

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you very much for bringing this perspective. I'm going to throw out some questions, and please feel free to answer or add to whatever responses I get. I would like to begin with Brigadier-General Tattersal. You talked about the strength of diversit

Status of Women committee  Thank you. It's interesting that you mention the funding for women's organizations. There has been a decline, in terms of that funding—a very serious decline. There's no core funding anymore. Everything is piecemeal. I'll be very interested in your report. I think the discontinu

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Madame St-Pierre, did you have anything to add?

Status of Women committee  That's interesting. In terms of gender-based analysis, governments are still grappling with that.

Status of Women committee  It is tricky and it makes significant demands. You talked about the national action plan, and I wondered how government has responded. Are you happy with the response? What more could happen, if anything?

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you very much for being here. We truly appreciate the advice and the insight that you bring. Professor, I would particularly like to thank you for your observation regarding the hierarchy in a committee and how power is used. I'm sure m

Status of Women committee  I have one quick question, and this has to do with our core concern with regard to the economic security of women. We know that women cannot organize their lives, particularly if they have a family, if they're alone raising a family.... Have you collaborated or does the departmen

Status of Women committee  Just very quickly, the minister indicated that funding is already in place for a future Daughters of the Vote.... Can we—

Status of Women committee  Okay.

Status of Women committee  It was connected to Daughters of the Vote. I was interested in how future funding will be secured and how the department will make sure that the young women who participate feel safe, have a full program and actually come out of it wanting to be parliamentarians.