Thank you very much.
It was a great presentation, very insightful as well, and I am very pleased to also say happy stats day to you as well. We're looking forward to it.
This committee's been working really hard at this for the last little while. We've heard a lot of different things and we're exploring different areas. We've been talking a lot about the provinces and the territories. Iceland is considered to be one of the models for closing the gender gap.
In any case, a persistent wage gap remains in rural areas. I represent the riding of Sault Ste. Marie, which is a city, but there is also a rural area. Northern Ontario is obviously part of that, and there are rural areas. I bring that up because in Iceland, in particular, it's the natural resource sectors and the fisheries that have persistent wage gaps.
Is there also a wider gender wage gap in rural areas of Canada and in certain economic sectors? If so, has the situation been improving in recent years?