I think if we are serious about representing the Canadian public, it's worth paying close attention to the empirical evidence from decades of research that shows how who is in the room matters.
While I believe that every representative will do a good and sincere job of representing all their constituents in all of their diversity, there still is the reality that as individuals, we have different lived experiences. That gives us a different lens on the world. That shapes how we think about questions of evidence and questions of priorities. It is something that has profoundly shaped how we all see the world, and that is actually relevant to policy and how the work is done.
I would like to turn it to Dr. Rayment, because this is a subject of some deep systematic work that she's done with how speech has worked inside decades of the Canadian Parliament. I think that this evidence is really important to bring to bear here.