Now for my second question. When you have the answer, please… Anyway, if you have it, we would like you to submit it to the committee.
This week I attended an award ceremony for business women in Quebec. At my table sat a young 26 year old woman who had studied science and engineering. This young woman began her own business because she was not taken seriously when she worked for big companies. So she decided to open up her own shop and she is succeeding very well. Indeed she received an award that evening.
So your dream, Mrs. Matsui, is coming to a reality.
As a matter of fact, young women…
But it is not that easy. I hear today that there are huge obstacles, particularly in some fields.
According to a document from the Library of Parliament, 40% of management positions are held by women. However, only 17% are executive positions and only 6% senior executive positions. I would not consider this as non-traditional work. If we put this in the non-traditional category, I find this really worrisome.
You spoke of roadblocks. Really we are not talking about technological impediments, but rather of an employment equity issue.
Do you think that this is a realistic conclusion? I believe that throughout our discussion today we spoke more about employment equity than about defining non-traditional work.