The Auditor General Reports on Gender-Based Analysis

In April 2008, the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women recommended, in its ninth report, that the Auditor General's Office examine the implementation of gender-based analysis in the federal government.

FAFIA'S FEDERAL GENDER BUDGETING INITIATIVE

FAFIA launched its gender budgeting project in October 2007 with the support of Oxfam Canada and the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. This project has a national focus and relies on the ongoing engagement of many of FAFIA’s members and partners who are dedicated to substantive equality in Canada.

Gender budgeting addresses women’s inequality by examining a government’s budgets through a gender lens and, in particular, where its tax and spending priorities lie.

The Fallacies of Income Splitting

Income splitting is when one tax payer transfers a portion of the income they control to someone else for tax purposes, so that they are subject to a lower tax rate. The goal of income splitting is to pay less tax collectively. Income splitting is generally a bad public policy for women. It attempts to achieve family work life balance by encouraging one full timer to go to work and one family member to stay at home.

Federal budget-making process not meeting women's needs - report

The federal government's current budgetary process is leaving women behind.

OTTAWA --- The federal government's current budgetary process is leaving women behind.


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Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada - PDF File, 158 Kb

Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada

Full ReportDownload the Report/Study:
Gender Budget Initiatives: Why They Matter in Canada - PDF File, 158 Kb