Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, distance is a big issue for women who are considering running for office. We hear from many women who attend our training and campaign schools that they're choosing to run at the municipal or provincial level because of the concerns about both the time it takes to fly and al

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree with what's been said and, please, your other question would be great.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Yes, I think that hybrid really.... As has been said, everybody is here today, and yet, if there were a circumstance where someone simply could not be here, you would still have the opportunity to be participating in this meeting, hearing from the witnesses and not m

Procedure and House Affairs committee  With regard to the full parameters of when hybrid would be used, I think that's really a question for this committee, I guess, to make recommendations on, as well as your colleagues and the parties and everything. We certainly think that those situations should include times like

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We've had women in the House of Commons for 100 years and still only 30% of MPs are women. I think we should all be concerned with how to increase representation. That comes into inclusion and accessibility. Of course, when we talk about the number of women with intersectional id

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. MPs work incredibly hard. All of us are incredibly grateful for the service you all give to the community and the country. Certainly, we think the recommendations that Equal Voice is making benefit everybody, men and women. From the surveys we've done, 81% of women

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. You talked about the successes we've seen with hybrid Parliament in the last two years. Obviously, COVID was really terrible, but Equal Voice had been advocating for some kind of remote participation for several years before COVID. We were always tol

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the questions. To focus on your first question, as to when hybrid should be used, our recommendation at Equal Voice is very much focused on hybrid participation when people either should not or cannot travel to the House for reasons related to illness, pr

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you so much for the question. I think one of the important things about hybrid participation is that it actually allows people to continue to work at times when they otherwise might not be able to. Before we had this option, if people were too ill or were unable to come to

Justice committee  I certainly agree with Morgane and Ricki. I don't know if Mayor Peckford has anything to add.

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee for inviting Equal Voice to participate in your study on online hate. My name is Eleanor Fast, I am the Executive Director of Equal Voice, and I am joined by Her Worship Nancy Peckford, the recently elected Mayor of North Grenvil

Justice committee  She is the first ever female mayor of North Grenville and is here today as an adviser. Founded in 2001, Equal Voice is a national, bilingual, multi-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to electing more women at all levels of government in Canada. We are very concer