The Walrus challenged SOW supporters to tell them ONE way in which SWC has positively affected them.
She has gotten ZERO responses.
Okay, so maybe the word hadn't gotten out.
Here's what she had to say:
Arter a couple of hours, my brain was numb and I was no closer to finding out what programmes were actually funded by SWC, nor what practical difference they made to anybody. I am still therefore basically without an opinion, although my suspicions have been raised. One of their main emphases is GBA - Gender Based Analysis - which seems to be a programme to make sure there isn't any gender bias in the public service. In a 2002 document they said it was too early to have any concrete results, but they should be able to say something more precise in a couple of years. In 2005, they were saying much the same thing. This has all the earmarks of a government sinkhole, money being spent on endless, perpetual studies that never make recommendations or even come to any kind of conclusion.
Bingo!
That's what Bev Oda was going for: more action, less talk.
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