I'd like to believe that is the case, but from my perspective, the figures and my experience say otherwise, that people are excluded. It's not an individual problem; it's a systemic problem. We have had studies in Nova Scotia, for example, where a person of colour will call and get a job interview, but as soon as they show up the job no longer exists. That happens over and over again.
You're in Halifax, which has the largest indigenous population of African Canadians east of Montreal, and I challenge you to go into banks, law firms, universities, places where there are good, well-paying jobs, and find African Nova Scotians, aboriginal people, and single mothers working at those jobs. The opportunities for that level of job for those people are restricted, and unless we have stronger employment equity.... I understand the federal government can only legislate for federal organizations, and in fact the only place you will see black people in good, paying jobs is in federal programs. If you go to the post office, if you go to the immigration office, you will see people, but if you go to other places, particularly private businesses, they are not providing the opportunities that you wish they would.