Yes, we agree. It makes sense to have an extension.
As has been said, two extensions were granted in McIvor. The judge in Descheneaux specifically directed that there needed to be a broader fix by the government, that they shouldn't do another piecemeal fix as they did in 2010 after McIvor, and that they need to get it right.
We understand that the litigants in Descheneaux agreed to that. There are a small number of people within Quebec who would be affected by the delay—not across Canada, just in Quebec—and the government itself has testified at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to that effect. It's a small group of people who would have to wait a bit longer, but it would be for the broader benefit of women across the country who are being continually discriminated against. It's just ridiculous that we're 50 years on in this stuff.
We certainly agree that a small delay in order to actually fix the problem is warranted.