It's very interesting how you phrased the question. I'll attempt to answer it.
With respect, I think it is a responsibility of all people, not simply women. In fact, there are many more men in power than women.
You know, I come to Ottawa now and then, and I have to say that I see a very big disconnect between what is going on in Canada, in real life, and what is going on in policy rooms. I see a very big lack of accountability and a very big gap between practice and principle.
I have to say that when I hear about the experiences that women in the skilled trades are experiencing now in Canada, and then you ask me this question, I am slightly taken aback by it. That's because I think all of us, particularly the people in government, in leadership positions, have a responsibility to educate and inform employers and managers about human rights legislation. I've sat in meetings very recently where managers have said that if they get a stack of applications from women and some from men, they'll put the ones from the women aside and they'll look at the ones from the men.
This is very common practice, so what this points out to me is that there needs to be an increased awareness and understanding of the legislation in our country by our legislators and by the people like yourselves who work for the country. Because people do not understand. I work in a university where everyone has their own point of view and we try to gently point it out when something goes against the human rights code.
Hedy's making faces at me. Sorry.