Thank you very much, Ms. Barron.
It's a really critical question. What I'd say to you is that we're taking every action we can that's under our control. I don't have direct levers with respect to the faculties of law around the country, but I know anecdotally that in many of the law schools around the country, if not all, more than 50% of the classes are made up of women. That's a step in the right direction.
I can also tell you that substantively what we've done as a government, since 2015, is that of our 640-plus appointments, 54% have been women, 4% indigenous, 15% racialized and 6% LGBTQ. That's incredible in terms of diversifying that pool of applicants, and that's salient, insofar as many of the judges, such as Madame Moreau herself, have come through the ranks of superior courts or courts of appeal in this country. As we diversify that pool, we're creating the potential for having even greater diversification on the Supreme Court.
I'll also lean into the fact that this is a historic appointment that you're considering, in that for the first time since 1867, we will have a Supreme Court that has a majority of women. That's a great statement. It's just unfortunate that it took until 2023 to get there.