Just really quickly, what we're talking about here, just so people are clear, is the minister having the authority, if they don't meet the quotas, to actually do nothing, or if they want, to fine a penalty of a dollar. There is nothing in here that would make a small corporation, under comply or explain, or under this model.... They still have the opportunity to appeal to the minister about that, so it's at the statement level. This is five years from now, too, so it's over five years there will be a chance to do that. Many not-for-profit boards already meet these requirements. In fact, they sometimes exceed it.
That's all we're talking about here, a potential element for the minister to have a little bit of influence and use his discretion about that influence to improve the gender element, and it works both ways. Just so you know, the legislation works 70:30 both ways for male and female.
We had some very good work from the legislative branch to help us make sure we weren't interfering with other things, so this cuts both ways, and I think that's reasonable. Again, it doesn't fine everybody outright for doing that. What this does is give the minister some powers if he has an egregious situation, which I don't think they want to go through, but it will create awareness.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.