Well, the minister will speak to her own role in appointing women to the farm team of other benches, but you know perfectly well that trying to get women to run for Parliament.... This is a very large country, and in the Supreme Court of Canada, people do have to uproot themselves to come to Ottawa. I think that's difficult, and sometimes women are less mobile than men, but not always—it is changing. It can be a challenge, so I think we need to get out to those communities. I think that a lot has happened at the trial and appellate level to make women part of that landscape. However, under-represented groups need to have champions. They need to be encouraged. We did have excellent candidates, so it's not that there weren't any, but it wasn't greater than the proportion in the eligible group. Maybe that's how it should be.
On October 24th, 2016. See this statement in context.