If I might just add to that, it's important to remember that from 1983 and 1999, Treasury Board, as an employer, dragged its heels on the issue of pay equity until the complaint was finally settled. The federal government put up some resistance and while many women in the public service today enjoy the benefits of pay equity, the fight to maintain it goes on.
Our classification system dates back to the 1960s and needs to be updated. A review is desperately needed. We have been promised one, but we've been waiting for several years already.
It is ironic that pay equity is being put back on the bargaining table when the employer has always put up a lot of resistance and dragged its heels on pay equity.