You know, if we are all on the same page--wanting to actually have equal pay for work of equal value for women not just in the federal sector but in the federally regulated sector--then, in terms of the objective of how to get there, this law is not well thought out. It was not consulted with.
Anyone who is an expert, as we've had here, on pay equity would have told you that this law misses the mark in every conceivable way, that we will find ourselves a year from now, or five years from now or whatever, in exactly the same position.
Women will have lost hope, quite frankly. I think it's the responsibility of people in this room to give people hope that, yes, they can improve their wages and working conditions.