Ms. Barron, you commented earlier about diversity in our law faculties. It's important for people to see themselves in our institutions and in our professions at our highest levels. I think that's critically important. It's important for young women who are studying around the country and thinking about careers in law. It's important for people who are coming before our courts at every level to understand that when they are in front of an adjudicator in this country, that adjudicator brings legal rigour and their owned lived experiences to their judicial decision-making function.
Given the situation of women and the intolerance and unfortunate issues of equity that continue to plague women in this country, I think it's quite critical that at our apex court, we finally have a majority of women who can bring that lens in, instead of parking their gender and other lived experiences at the door. They can now bring those into their judicial decision-making, and it helps inform that judicial decision-making.
That's what I see in the candidacy of a person like Mary Moreau. I think that's a positive step forward for gender equality in Canada.