I think any successful economic policy needs to recognize that women work in different sectors. We might wish that not to be the case, but that is the case right now, here today in 2015. They have different constraints on their economic lives because of the double burden of unpaid work. They are far more likely to take parental leave, so that's a reality. If you want to build a successful economic policy for job growth and one that is responsive to the needs of men and women in your society, then your economic policies need to address that fact.
For example, with job creation, you need to look at what kinds of job creation stimulus polices are going to create jobs for men and for women. This is crucial. Just to go back to the oil prices, which are on everyone's mind right now, if you put family policies in place that make women's economic lives more secure and increase women's employment.... There's tons of evidence from Canada and from the OECD that, for example, accessible and affordable child care increases women's labour force participation and makes it more likely that they can go into whatever job they want, at whatever point they want. We're not talking about women going back to work the day after they have a baby. Women go back to work at various stages in their children's lives. If you put that in place then, because women tend to work in different sectors, what that means is that in families where you have a man and a woman, when a male-dominant industry, like the oil industry, is hit by an economic shock like a drop in oil prices, that family is more secure.