I would just like to disagree with my esteemed witnesses by saying that in 25 years in Ontario of having the Pay Equity Act, we have not closed the gender wage gap. I think without looking at both problems simultaneously, by introducing pay equity without introducing measures to close the gender wage gap, you will simply be going in circles and having to continually do pay equity. It will never solve itself.
I think there's a golden opportunity here to start with some knowledge from the ground up and build in some other features that will look at closing the gender wage gap and moving our country forward.
Thank you.