12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Budget
• Child Services
• Climate
• Economic Development
• Employment and Training
• Environment
• Federal-Provincial Relations
• Foreign Affairs
• Government Procurement
• Health
• Housing
• Immigration
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Labour
• National Security/Security
• Pensions
• Regional Development
• Small Business
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

• Subject matters in previous versions

  • Broadcasting
  • International Development
  • International Relations

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Communications with Ministers' Offices (Diversity, Equity & People with Disabilities; Families, Children & Social Development; Finance; Justice; Mental Health & Addictions) Contributions to the Canadian Women's Foundation to support a robust northern strategy on gender equality, investment readiness for social purpose organizations focused on women and gender diverse people, emergency preparedness for women and gender diverse people, applying a gender lens to climate change impacts and policy and programs on rebuilding lives after violence, and for girls and gender diverse youth.
• Federal Budget 2022 advice to the PMO and ministers' offices on investment in the Foundation to fund, build sustained capacity, and support policy and advocacy work prioritizing marginalized women, girls, and gender-diverse people with a focus on public education on GBV (Signal for Help), youth and our northern work.
• Meeting with PMO with regard to extending funding for the Investment Readiness program
• Meetings with ESDC staff regarding Investment Readiness Program funding extension from 2021 to 2023
• Meetings with WAGE regarding Budget 2022 opportunities and funding for culture change on gender-based violence
• Meetings with WAGE regarding budget 2021 submission & funding opportunities
• Public legal education and information
• Request funding to support launch of a tool to prevent and report sexual and workplace harassment
• Seeking funding through Ministry of Employment and Social Development Canada to support women's groups' capacity to increase women's economic empowerment, through social innovation and social finance
• Seeking funding to support Canadian Women's Foundation work on a Northern Strategy for women and gender diverse people, the Signal for Help Campaign on gender-based violence, to ensure gender inclusion in Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management Planning
• Supported the delivery of funding to gender-based violence (GBV) organizations in partnership with WAGE

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• Request to extend and renew Investment Readiness Program with ESDC

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Communication and petition stating opposition to Bill S-224 as it would increase criminalization of sex workers.
• Federal Budget 2019 - provided recommendations to increase funding to women's groups
• Federal Budget submission advising expansion of investment in the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence; federal funding program reform for non-profit organizations, creation of a non-profit secretariat and a long term sustainability fund for women's and gender justice organizations.
• Federal Budget submission on supporting sustained, long term operational funding to women's and gender equality organizations working at the national level on advocacy, research, education, policy analysis, and legal reform. Budget submission - Invest in Gender Equity through the Canadian Women’s Foundation, National Action Plan to Address Violence against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people, National Action Plan (NAP) on Violence Against Women and Girls/Gender-Based Violence, Address Ongoing Legacies of Residential Schools, Fully Implement Bill S-3, Transform Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC), Foster a Healthy Care Economy
• Inclusion of a roundtable with feminist and First Nations, Inuit and Metis women’s organizations and leaders to provide some key policy recommendations to the government in the federal budget consultation process.
• Inclusion of trans communities in the National Action Plan to Combat Hate, and dedicated resources allocated to fighting anti-trans hate.
• Letter in support of passing Bill C-21 extending on Control of Firearms
• National Action Plan on GBV - supported detailed call for new bill, implementation process and funding to promote new strategies to end GBV
• Re-introduction and adoption of amendments to Bill C-21 to define and ban assault-style firearms
• Seeking change to labour standards regarding domestic violence in the workplace
• Sought and supported calls for gun control measures
• Submission for Budget 2021 - support calls to MMIWG, invest $2b in national childcare, $500M in gender based violence programs, $20M in Inuit women shelters, $50M to Canadian Women's Foundation, $400M to diverse women's groups, renew the Investment Readiness Program for 2 years
• Supported calls for changes in legislation regarding Indigenous women & Bill S-3

Policies or Program

• Advice with regard to the commitment to resettling 40,000 Afghan refugees in Canada, and strengthening coordination and evacuation of Afghans at risk, particularly women, including strong GBA Plus, adequate funding and centering the voices of Canadian Afghan women and Afghan women leaders in Canada’s response and humanitarian assistance.
• Appearance on a public panel to discuss, provide information and answer questions on progress on development and implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
• Communication with Minister's Office (Justice) with regard to the issues of criminalization of coercive control and the impact of the concept of parental alienation, as well as funding for two programs, on public legal education and information and supporting legal advice for persons who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace
• Encouraged federal government to ensure that judges were trained regularly on the subject of sexual assault
• Gave advice and information to Pay Equity Commissioner on research, and implementation of pay equity measures
• Implementation of the Calls for Justice from the Report on the Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
• Increasing the amount of funding provided to women groups to increase women's economic empowerment
• Letter to the CEO of CATSA with regard to trauma-informed airport security searches
• Meeting with the Minister of Small Business with regard to opportunities for women and gender diverse people and programs to support their businesses and economic development
• Provided briefs, reports, advice and input on the gendered response to COVID-19 pandemic
• Regularization of immigration status for migrant workers in Canada
• Renewal of the Investment Readiness Program 2024-2029
• Seeking the implementation of increased victim services to address needs
• Submitted a request calling for a Plan of Action for MMIWG and implementation of those Calls to Justice and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
• Submitted letter to the CRTC in support of the application by Egale Canada (Egale) calling for the removal of Fox News from the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada.
• Suggested changes to employment conditions for migrant workers, especially those involved in the care economy during the pandemic

Regulation

• Gave advice, asking for changes in CRA regulation of charities, especially for public foundations like CWF to be able to fund non-qualified donees
• Seeking additional and more targeted training and research related to implementation of Bill c-65, and on pay equity.

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

  • Communication with the Minister's Office about expediting the timing of a contribution agreement for the Investment Readiness Program

  Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

  • Recommending that government respond to #MeToo with specific funding to establish more services in Budget 2019

  Policies or Program

  • Communication with Minister's Office (Justice) with regard to extending funding for two programs, on public legal education and information and supporting legal advice for persons who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace
  • Encouraged federal government to take steps to end violence against women, to build economic prosperity for women, to promote diverse leadership, and to take part in a federal debate on women's issues with other parties.
  • Supporting request to have capacity building grants by WAGE reallocated to operational funding for grantees