Thank you, Madam Chair.
As you know, Canada does not yet have any pay equity legislation. Since Canada is a human rights country and since it is high time that Canada have a pay equity act, this motion is intended to illustrate the pressing need for the bill that should be introduced as soon as possible, and no later than this fall.
We hope that as soon as Parliament reconvenes, a pay equity bill will be introduced and passed before the end of the year. As the chair has said, this is a technical motion to underscore the pressing need for this bill. This is what it says:
That the Committee prepare and present to the House, before June 23, 2006, [...]
It would be done before we rise for the summer,
[...] a report recommending that the government draft, before October 31, 2006, or any other date [...]
...that we have chosen. It could be November, since we reconvene in September. We can give them enough time to table it.
[...] the Committee deems advisable, a bill on pay equity.
I think it has already been debated not once but twice. Moreover, a report was submitted to the new government. I think that everyone here would agree.
I'd like to thank all of you.