Status of Women committee  You talked about the slide show, the Operation Honour annual exercise, and it sounded like checking boxes.

Status of Women committee  Is that what it is?

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to Colleen and Juliette. I think the issues you have touched on are very often overlooked. Juliette, I would truly appreciate it, if you did in fact consult with your peers to think about a drop-out provision for CPP, and also about the ne

Status of Women committee  —saw her, she was in distress. Is a need for better training for health care professionals something you see, or was my mother a special case?

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. We talked about the fact that senior women don't have a great deal of access in terms of programming. One of the things that bothered me—I was a seniors critic and a veterans critic—was that government is using technology more and more. They're putting thing

Status of Women committee  How widespread is that kind of approach? You talked about it in Quebec, but does anyone know if it's something that is utilized in the other provinces and territories?

Status of Women committee  Okay. Thank you. I think everyone has touched on the role of health professionals. One thing that concerns me very much is that there's a shortage of gerontologists. The needs of a senior change as the individual ages, and the medicine that worked five years ago may conflict wi

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for your advocacy. It's very important. I'd like all three of our witnesses to jump in on these questions and see if we can put some things on the record that we can work on as a committee. First and foremost, t

Status of Women committee  Simply, the time that a woman is devoting to the very important work within the home or as a caregiver is not paid. As a result, her CPP does not accumulate in the same way as it does for someone who does paid work and accumulates pension benefits. Do we need a drop-out provision

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to touch on two things just very quickly, because there's so much to discuss. The first is in regard to caregivers. We have a dropout provision for employment insurance, although it's certainly not long enough. What about a dropout provision for

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to begin by saying thank you to you. When I turned a certain age, someone said that women over 50 are invisible. Unfortunately, I think that may well be true. But you in your work are focusing on those women and I am very grateful. At one time I w

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Charlotte. I want you to know that some years ago, we did have a national housing strategy. It was terminated in 1993. It utilized CMHC revenues in order to build co-op and not-for-profit housing. I have 14 co-ops and not-for-profit housing projects in my r

Status of Women committee  I have to say we're very proud in my party to have Romeo Saganash. He was one of the writers of this piece of legislation, and you're absolutely right that it has to be a part of everything we do. We have to make it integral to our decision-making and respectful of the needs of i

Status of Women committee  This is a great question. In regard to parity, it's absolutely essential. We need that 51% or 52% of the population to have a voice. I introduced a bill some time ago that demanded fifty-fifty in public corporations, in the hope that it would pass and then spread to the private s

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you to you. You are incredible. You've shown courage. This is highly emotional, and I truly think that there isn't a woman on the planet who hasn't been inappropriately harassed. It's just a reality, and it seems so ingrained in our society. We