Thank you, Madam Chair.
I do appreciate all witnesses being here. Unfortunately, because of time constraints, I won't be able to spend time with you all. First I am going to go to Mr. Hynes.
It seems to me that we heard earlier from StatsCan that there wasn't a silver bullet they could point to for the reason that the pay gap is slowly closing. They said there were gaps, through lack of data, etc., in their ability to understand what those reasons were vis-à-vis certain provinces that have certain legislative directives, the proactive versus the reactive style. To me, it doesn't seem to be.... Your comments were that the burden of proof should be on the government's side that there has been progress, but it can't be connected to a proactive regime. Do you think that is a reasonable statement?