I would like to get back to the comments by Mr. Blanchette-Joncas.
I believe that as the study would progress on pay equity with respect to gender and diversity, that would come out when we're talking about the witnesses. We could hear the witnesses' testimony, and then when our subsequent report is written, it could be taken into consideration in the writing of the report that we understand that this issue is certainly determined by or under the purview of Quebec and the provinces, but I don't think that should preclude us from hearing from the witnesses and hearing what they say.
I think the report could sum up recognition of that in any recommendations, saying that this is what we would recommend in full recognition that we don't have the ultimate say in this as the federal government. There is national pay equity legislation—there has been for years—with respect to work of equal value, so I do think there is a role for the federal government to be reviewing this, because it has come up time and time again in various testimonies that this is a serious issue and a problem that is affecting the retention of researchers to do this valuable work here in Canada.