Merci. Thank you very much.
First I want to say that obviously this is not acceptable. We have talked about pay equity around this table. This committee has put forward pay equity reports before. I don't think there's any question in my mind, anyway, and I know in those of my colleagues, that not only is this not going to do it, but it's going to take us backward.
I just wanted to clarify some things, having said that. I don't want to ask the obvious, because I think I know where we stand on the issue as a whole. My question is, simply, how much do you think FETCO or the private sector had to do with respect to this? They're not covered now, but if they were, they would be wanting the exact same thing, as opposed to a proactive pay equity legislation. Do you feel that to some degree the private element has come into controlling this event?