In fact, in Quebec the act was passed in 1996, but it went into effect for employers in 1997. The reason for that was to allow the pay equity commission to be installed, to hire people, and to develop expertise.
It took almost one year for the pay equity commission to be able to work. To pass the act we as a task force had one year to prepare the blueprint for the government and then there were some negotiations with the social partners. I would say it took a year and a half before the act was passed, but we went almost from scratch. Here, however, you already have the pay equity task force's recommendations that I think many people agree on. You have already some leads in this work.