The Liberal government is giving Status of Women Canada more money to pay for the extra workload that comes with its focus on gender equality. The agency responsible for carrying out much of that work has been struggling from cuts the previous Conservative government made to its budget more than a decade ago, but that is about to change. Tuesday's economic update earmarked $41 million to increase capacity at Status of Women over six years. That begins with $4 million this fiscal year and ramps up to $8 million annually on an ongoing basis. The Finance Department says the money will go towards things like boosting the capacity for engaging with provincial and territorial governments, stronger communications, better strategic policy support and measuring results and delivery.

Source: CBC News October 26, 2017 16:30 UTC