Thank you, Madam Chair.
I understand that there is going to be a report to Parliament on the part of the government as a result of the report that's being tabled. But as our colleague has said, the government doesn't have to give a report if legislation hasn't been started. I think this tries to encourage the government to start drafting legislation, because various ministries, certainly the Department of Justice, which would be involved, can get started and get some direction. This would just give it a bit of a push, because women have been waiting.
There's always a report, there's always a response to the report, and then there's another response to another report. Before you know it, there's another election, and then we have another report, and we go for another five years. We've been going for I don't know how many years already on this issue.
There is another issue, especially given the report from Statistics Canada this week showing the huge inequity in women's incomes and the poverty that women are forced to live in because of discrimination in their pay, not only while they are raising children and while they're looking after other members of the family, but also when they're seniors--they continue to suffer right to the end. This is the feminization of poverty, really. It's persistent. And somebody out there is making money. Businesses are making money by lowering the wages of lawyers now that there are more women lawyers, lowering the level overall, and I think it's just unacceptable that we as a society continue....
All of this is to say to the government that we really want you to start dealing with this now, not too much later. Given the information we've just received, I think it is totally incumbent upon us to act and send that message.