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Status of Women committee We do not see these things much at the Tax Policy Branch. I have spoken with other groups that do the GBA. As GBA champions, they receive this information. And when they do not get it, they ask for it. We provide it to the minister for decision-making purposes. So it is important
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee Absolutely.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee The whole budget, the 2008 entire budget?
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee I don't have the information on the entire budget. My role as the gender-based analysis champion is to ensure that analysis is conducted and provided to the minister. I ensure that training is undertaken. I ensure that examples are there, the tools are there. I don't analyze the
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee May I answer your question on the...?
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee This is the economic statement that was tabled on October 30, 2007. There's a chart that shows how the tax reductions are distributed across income groups. It's on page 85.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee Chair, that's not a question, again, that I as the gender-based champion can answer. In not all respects do we have the information, as you can see from our 2006 and 2007 analysis from a gender-based perspective. In some areas we would have the information, in others we wouldn't.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee Do you mean the analysis we do?
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee We don't currently have any plans to do that.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee Our role is to pass on to the minister all the facts so that he can make his decisions based on complete information. As the GBA champion, I want to ensure that the analysis is done and that it is done properly. This information is passed on to the minister so that he has all the
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee We have no power. Our job is not to tell him that he must not introduce a particular policy, but rather to provide him with all the information. I do not know how to say it in French, just how it goes in English: Public servants have almost a motto: fearless advice, loyal imple
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee I do not know. Our job is really to provide fearless advice and loyal implementation. That is the role of the public servant.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee I would like to add something about the GST. Even though the government reduced the GST, it decided to keep the GST/HST credit for low-income people. This means that even though people spend less, the credit remains the same. As a result, there's $1.1 billion for low-income indiv
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee But they do pay the GST.
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian
Status of Women committee Yes, but—
March 11th, 2008Committee meeting
Louise Levonian