Public Accounts committee  We do have a fairly formal process with our own analysts in terms of how we train, the questions we ask, and the tools that are provided to them to take a look at it. It's one of the things we've done with the guide to Treasury Board submissions. We've made it more explicit on wh

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that. This was an approach we took. Dr. Olena Hankivsky is a professor at Simon Fraser University and she's a leading expert in gender-based analysis. It was recognized that there were times when it may not be appropriate to see gender-based analysis in a specific

Public Accounts committee  On training, I'm happy to report what we've done over the past couple of years. We do it in three different ways. We have something called boot camp for new Treasury Board Secretariat employees, and gender-based analysis is part of that training. In addition to that, we have sp

Public Accounts committee  No, that is a fairly complete response, but I will add on the management accountability framework that we are now into round 7 of the framework, and this particular area of management is one of 19. On this we've evolved, and we've become more specific around this as well in terms

Status of Women committee  I would, thank you. Madam Chair, I would add from Treasury Board Secretariat's perspective that we also use something called the management accountability framework. The management accountability framework is an annual exercise that departments and most agencies go through. As p

Status of Women committee  Certainly the goal with MRRS is to enable you to do that, and we continue to encourage departments to include it as part of their performance measurement structure. That is the goal of the program, indeed.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. It's a pleasure to be able to comment on what we've done at Treasury Board Secretariat over the last year and over the last couple of years. I've left with the clerk of the committee a copy of a binder of the training materials we've used for the past years, the sessi

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the opportunity to comment and the chance to be here today. I want to begin by echoing the comments Madam Beckton has made, that we look forward to working with Status of Women as we continue to promote gender-based analysis. We certainly agree with the Auditor Gen