Yes, Madam Chair. It's just to say that I appreciate that Mr. Stanton is saying that they said in 2005 they were not ready, but the point I made is very clear. Both ministers also said they would be ready by late 2006 and 2007, after having consulted with stakeholders, who would have assisted the government in actually drafting the legislation.
The election was lost, and obviously the current government wasn't going in that direction, so a year and a half in fact has been lost. We do have different objectives, obviously, but on the comment that we do have pay equity legislation, yes, we do, but as many people have said, it's complaint-based, not effective, and not proactive.
This is a clear commitment from the previous government to say that we would, by late 2006 or early 2007, have proactive new legislation introduced. The preliminary work wasn't done in the last year and a half because of different positions, and obviously there won't be any. What I'm trying to do is rectify the situation and get back to a situation where we in fact are working towards proactive pay equity legislation once more.