Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister, thank you and your team for being here.
My first question is about expectations. In your budget statement and in a speech in the House, you announced pay equity legislation. Even today, you referred to wage gap between men and women in Canada.
Furthermore, everyone expects to see in C-74, which the committee is studying today, pay equity measures. However, this 500-page bill makes no mention of pay equity.
Can you explain why you again decided to delay implementation of pay equity legislation ?