Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Minister, for being here.
In your discussion, you mentioned the Trump-Trudeau initiative or council for the advancement of women. As you are aware, we have a piece of legislation, Bill C-25, that would require some better standards for women on a corporate board of directors. Your government has chosen not to amend that and has chosen to do a “comply and explain” model. This has been discussed in the House of Commons, the debate has been through, and we're going to the final reading. We're going to a very weak model.
Why is it, at a time when you are setting up an American initiative for women leadership in business, that we would not actually meet the average standard of other countries that have been progressive on this? Why leave it to the Trump-Trudeau initiative rather than the legislation that's in the House of Commons?