I think what women are looking for is action on pay equity. I think women in Canada want us, as parliamentarians, to do something about the facts—the facts being that women earn 72¢ on the dollar and women with children earn 52¢ on the dollar. This isn't a matter of intentions, if I can say so, with respect to you. We can all question each other's intentions. What matters is that parliamentarians work together to do something about these glaring inequalities--
On October 19th, 2010. See this statement in context.