Thank you all for your participation today, and that goes for both those who are here in person, as well as the three witnesses appearing by video conference.
The 2004 Pay Equity Task Force recommended, in its report, that the government establish a Canadian pay equity commission and a Canadian pay equity hearings tribunal, distinct from the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
The rationale for creating separate institutions was to ensure a pay equity regime that would have adequate resources and expertise. Both Quebec's and Ontario's pay equity acts established proactive pay equity regimes that apply to both public and private sector employees, as well as distinct pay equity oversight bodies and tribunals.
Do you believe it is necessary to create separate bodies to administer a proactive pay equity regime? If not, why?