I want to thank you so much for coming today.
As a status of women committee, we wanted to do research especially on economic concerns that senior women have.
I was interested in something you said, Ms. Calhoun. I was a teacher for 22 years. You were saying that women who are in the teaching profession often aren't paid the same as men. Both my husband and I taught, and I actually earned more than he did because I was better educated. He's well educated as well, but in most school divisions they pay according to your education, not according to your gender. I was also on the teachers' union, negotiating for wages and things like that. So on what basis would you say that?
When you look at senior women, there are a lot of women who went into the teaching profession, and likewise, into the nursing profession. My sister, a nurse, was paid exactly the same, according to her education.
Can you tell me what you base that on? What we are missing here? How did you get your data?