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policy decisions: We observed that gender-based analysis is still not fully deployed across the federal government 20 years after the government committed to applying this type of analysis to its policy decisions, Ferguson said, according to Toronto Star. He noted that while Status of Women Canada, Treasury Board and Privy Council Office have made progress in this area, the gender analyses done by departments and agencies were not always complete, nor of consistent quality. In an audit report released Tuesday, Ferguson reported some progress on the file but cautioned that Ottawa commitment to assess the gender impact of its policy decisions was still haphazard. This means gender considerations, including obstacles to the full participation of diverse groups of men and women, are not always considered in government decisions, he said. Imagine, 20 years later and there still six departments that don’t even have a framework for recording the information, let alone doing something about it. New Democrat MP David Christopherson said the audit findings are evidence the federal government is not taking the issue seriously. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.