Thank you very much for the opportunity. I do think there was a misrepresentation here that made it seem like a hijab-wearing woman would be grandfathered in, and it was therefore not a problem.
To be clear, they would be grandfathered into their particular role only if they were hired before the passage of the bill, meaning that nobody had an opportunity to enter that labour market since the passage of the bill and there was no opportunity for growth in their position since the passage of the bill. You could not be promoted. You could not be moved laterally. You could not decide suddenly about your career that you had more skills in XYZ. There was no movement. It was strictly the position you had at the time of the bill's passage.
I think there was a little bit of misrepresentation there that made it seem like there very much was opportunity. To be clear, the facts on the ground are that indeed it did impact the vocational aspirations and abilities of Muslim women and other minorities. That's why a lot of minorities in Quebec have started to leave Quebec, in fact, in order to at least create some kind of economic security for their families and their children.
Thank you for the opportunity to clarify about that grandfathering piece.