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Evidence of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women 43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION Standing Committee on the Status of Women EVIDENCE NUMBER 015 PUBLIC PART ONLY - PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Chair: Ms. Marilyn Gladu 1 Standing Committee on the Status of Women Tuesday, February 16, 2021 ● (1105) Good morning. My name is Katie Allen, and I am a Ph.D. candi‐ [English] date in rural studies at the University of Guelph. It's my honour to be here with you today. My contributions to this discussion today The Chair (Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)): are informed by my academic studies as well as my experience as a Good morning and welcome to meeting number 15 of the House of leader in supporting women’s participation in rural society. I will Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. discuss access to services, employment and labour and accessibility Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to for affordable housing and emergency and second-stage shelter the House order of January 25, 2021. The proceedings will be made space. I will follow up on these challenges with recommendations available on the House of Commons website. The webcast will al‐ for your consideration. ways show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the com‐ mittee. If you're on Zoom—and everyone other than Stephanie is— please use the “raise hand” function. Today the committee is resuming its study on challenges faced by women living in rural communities. To our witnesses, welcome. Before you speak, wait until I recog‐ nize you by name. When we get into the questions, you can just an‐ Regionalization and the downloading of responsibilities to local swer as they're directed. Comments should be addressed through government, non-profit and charitable organizations—without the the chair. Interpretation in this video conference is very much like matched support of funding—has had significant impacts on wom‐ that in a regular committee meeting. You can select, at the bottom en’s ability to access critical health, social and justice services. Ad‐ of your screen, whether you hear English, French or floor. When ditionally, the closure of schools and postal offices, the loss of local speaking, please do so slowly and clearly for the interpreters, and infrastructure like gas stations, and limited access to broadband and when you're not speaking, you should be on mute. telecommunications infrastructure continue to further isolate rural Let me welcome the witnesses. We have today, as an individual, women from critical services. Without access to these services in Katie Allen. their local communities, rural women face poorer outcomes across the board in terms of their social and economic well-being, health [Translation] and safety, and engagement in decision-making processes that im‐ pact their lives. A lack of public transportation options exacerbates We also welcome Renée Fuchs, from the Centre Victoria pour these challenges and particularly impacts senior women. femmes. [English] We have, from Red Deer County, Jean Bota, who is a councillor there. [Translation] Also joining us is the Mayor of the Ville de Magog, Ms. Vic‐ ki‑May Hamm. Often, social and health-related programs and services are down‐ [English] loaded to local non-profit charitable organizations or local govern‐ ments in an attempt to fill gaps in service delivery. However, this Each of you will have five minutes for your opening comments, process is often not supported by increased funding to these agen‐ and then we'll go into our rounds of questions. cies, resulting in pressure on sectors that do not have the financial capacity or the human resources to adequately and appropriately We will begin right away with Ms. Allen for five minutes. deliver on their new responsibilities. COVID-19 has intensified the Ms. Katie Allen (As an Individual): Wonderful. Thank you fragility of these sectors and exacerbated gaps in capacity and fi‐ very much. nancial instability. 2 FEWO-15 February 16, 2021 The composition of rural economies and labour market land‐ ● (1110) scapes impacts employment quality, often producing conditions that lead to precarious employment and significant out-migration of ru‐ Gender equality is a cornerstone of inclusive and sustainable ral youth. Precarious employment, particularly in care and service growth. Policy-makers across all orders of government must dedi‐ industries, continues to create challenges for women in finding se‐ cate time and resources to understanding rural women's issues if we cure, stable, full-time employment in their home communities. The are to develop effective and targeted solutions. Closing the data gap lack of affordable transportation and housing further compounds will help inform the use of gender-based analysis plus policies. It is these dynamics. Financing options for women engaging in en‐ essential that decision-makers like you integrate GBA+ and a clear‐ trepreneurship can be limited or difficult to obtain. With limited op‐ ly articulated rural lens to post-COVID-19 economic recovery poli‐ tions for diverse, stable employment and post-secondary education cies for rural communities. As realities change, integrating GBA+ and training required to attain higher-paying employment, rural and a rural lens will provide opportunities to address some— women and youth are often stuck with making difficult choices about where and what education and employment opportunities The Chair: I'm sorry. That's your time. they can access, creating a vicious cycle of low wages, few oppor‐ tunities, unsuitable housing and insufficient transportation. These Ms. Katie Allen: I was just finishing anyway. Those were my factors, combined with limited emergency and second-stage hous‐ last few words. ing for women and children, also produce significant health and safety risks for rural women looking to leave unstable home envi‐ ronments and gender-based violence. Thank you. The Chair: Very good. I'll now briefly discuss three recommendations for your consider‐ ation to address some of the challenges that I have overviewed. To help us keep to our time, you will notice that when you have one minute left, I will be holding up a yellow pen. The first is the essential need for access to broadband and telecommunications infrastructure. In some instances, service providers have digitized services and created space for online or We'll go now to Renée. telephone cellular support meetings. This is beneficial to those who have access to broadband and telecommunications infrastructure [Translation] and technology. However, this is not the reality for many rural women. Access to broadband can also provide opportunities for Ms. Fuchs, you have the floor for five minutes. professional development, training, and education. Ms. Renée Fuchs (President, Centre Victoria pour femmes): The second recommendation is for stable and secure operational Thank you, Madam Chair. funding sources that allow for flexibility and pivoting for organiza‐ tions delivering essential services. These would provide increased Good morning. resource capacity to deliver essential programs and services, as well as the stability and flexibility required to respond to challenges as they arise. As we look to the future and shift towards recovery from Before I begin, I would like to respectfully acknowledge that I COVID-19, long-term secure funding sources for organizations de‐ am on the territory described in the Robinson-Huron Treaty, part of livering those critical services to communities are imperative to en‐ the traditional territory of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First suring that women do not fall through the cracks of various juris‐ Nation. dictional configurations. My name is Renée Fuchs, and I am the president of the Centre The third piece for consideration is the need to address rural data Victoria pour femmes. I am also a lawyer specializing in criminal gaps. Canada is a data-poor country, with a significant deficit of ru‐ law and family law. As a francophone woman born in Sudbury, I ral-specific data. It is impossible to produce evidence-informed re‐ must thank you for inviting me to share with you the successes of sponses if there is insufficient data and understanding of the unique the women using the services of the Centre Victoria pour femmes, needs and contexts of rural Canadians. Data must be publicly ac‐ as well as the challenges they must face. cessible and provided across not only socio-economic strata but gender and race as well. Open data on federal funding provided to The Centre Victoria pour femmes is established in a number of address gender-based programming in rural communities should be rural areas in the Sudbury and Algoma District regions, with a large clearly available in order to address barriers in applying for such number of francophones. The Centre Victoria pour femmes has just funding programs. This is a particularly critical time to gather data celebrated its 25th anniversary. So, for 25 years, it has been offer‐ on the unique impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on safety and ing francophone women a complete range of services in cases of vi‐ emergency services. Data collection on the different stages of the olence against women, including sexual violence. These services pandemic can offer insights into how to strengthen the support for include individual and group support, practical assistance, group women during emergencies and in times of crisis. counselling, and advocacy. February 16, 2021 FEWO-15 3 The Centre Victoria pour femmes provides its services in the My name is Jean Bota. I'm a Red Deer County councillor. For Greater Sudbury region and in all of the Algoma District, including anyone not familiar with Alberta, Red Deer is halfway between Ed‐ Sault Ste. Marie. To give you a point of reference for how big the monton and Calgary. In addition to being a councillor, I also sit on Algoma District is, I can tell you that it is almost the entire size of the Red Deer/Lacombe rural crime watch as a director, and I chair Ireland.
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