Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for all this wonderful expertise. It's very important that we get all of this on the record, and I'm most grateful for it.
I want to start with a general question. Anyone can jump in.
In March of this year a report on respect and equality was released by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The media immediately seized upon it, because in one page of the report it talks about women in the public sector and that 55% of the jobs in the public sector are now held by women and that 43% of managers are women. It leaves out the fact that 45% of jobs are held by men, and 57% of managers are men. That being said, the media seized upon it and said that women have arrived and they've achieved equality, and we know it because they're included in the Charter of Rights, and employment equity is of the past and we don't need it any more--it's passé, so get rid of it.
I would appreciate a comment from anyone who would like to chip in on this.