Thank you for the question.
The Bilson task force recommendations were comprehensive. It was an enormous study, but there was a difference of opinion. FETCO opposed it. However, over time, a lot of companies have actually moved toward addressing these issues. When we looked at governments across the board in terms of provinces and the federal government, only ourselves and Alberta remain to go through the process of pay equity. I participated in the process, which is complicated, detailed, and quite time-consuming, both at the school board level and then at the provincial level. It was informative and also insightful, and it brought in fairness.
How we maintain a vigilance on that, I think is important. What you're doing now is reviewing all of the recommendations.
When we look at any system that takes 30 years to get a resolution, like Canada Post, it obviously did not work. Payments have been made to the estates of employees. They waited so long—30 years—for a resolution. Clearly, the process we have now has failed workers, and in particular women.
I look forward to your ideas. The idea of having a workplace pay equity committee is something that is functional. We work with workplace health and safety committees all the time. There are a lot of new and innovative ideas.
I thank you for the question.