Thank you, Chair.
Many of the comments the member has made are obviously reflected in our text and are correct. There was a commitment made in 1995. There have been reports given over the years by the federal government noting the implementation of gender-based analysis.
We note in here the progress, or some of the actions, that some departments took over the years. And you're correct that the Department of Justice was one of the first to actually start implementing gender-based analysis and similar practices in their work. They had a special unit, actually. I think we indicate here that there were over 50 specialists in the department and an advisory committee.
What we note is that they disbanded those units with the belief that this should be integrated throughout the department's work and should become part of ongoing, normal operations. Yet it seems that, because of that happening, it has lost momentum. Even if there were a lot of tools and things developed, without that perhaps more specialized group that perhaps kept attention on it, the tools are not being used and people are not being trained as much as we would expect. So it really has lost momentum.
I don't know that we can really point to any other reason except the fact that it was to be rolled out across the department, and perhaps there was nobody actually still promoting it and ensuring that it continued to be done.