Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Minister. If I may, I want to answer Ms. Larouche's question regarding the main estimates for 2020-21 compared to 2021-22, and the reason for the decrease. If you compare the main estimates from one year to the next, the $4.3 million decrease is mainly the resu

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Minister. Thank you, Ms. Larouche. You asked a question about the supplementary estimates (C). You wanted to know why $8.7 million was apparently not spent. What happened? My response is the following. In fall 2020, an additional $50 million was provided—

Status of Women committee  It's a technical matter. The money couldn't be spent before December 31, as required by the legislation. We reached an agreement with Quebec after that date. We're making sure that, in the vote, the $8.7 million is there for Quebec. As the minister said, a total of $17.46 million

Status of Women committee  Exactly. The legislation required that the money be spent before December 31. It's a technical matter. However, the money is there for Quebec.

Status of Women committee  I want to have a clarification. Are you referring to federal pay equity and a request from the PBO relating to the federal pay equity legislation?

Status of Women committee  You're referring to that. As a point of clarification, Minister Tassi would have the lead on that piece of legislation and the follow-up to the PBO request. Minister, if you agree, we could follow up with the department that is responsible for this and then provide an answer as

Status of Women committee  We will follow up.

Status of Women committee  Good morning, everybody. I believe that the honourable member is referring to support we would give to another department, the department led by Minister Qualtrough. WAGE has a mandate for gender equality, but we also have a mandate of supporting other departments on key initi