Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Listen, you can't have equity and equality if you're not sitting at the table. As a woman in politics, I would assume that my colleague knows that very well. If you have all men sitting at the table but they go and consult with a woman, does that count? No. You have to have that person at the table to include them in the conversation.
I think this is extremely unfair, to cut out some of the most important people—who are included in the bill, quite frankly—and not have their voice at the table. It just doesn't make any sense.