I think you've made some interesting suggestions. The decision about the royal recommendation is basically a statement by the government that it doesn't want to proceed, give action to, or give substance to pay equity as a human right. If the government took a different view, we could make progress.
If you're suggesting another way to make progress in this area that gets around this, my commitment and my party's commitment to pay equity is so strong that we're willing to work with you and other parties to advance it in the way that you suggest. We'd have to look at it in detail, but the fundamental direction we need to go in as a country is towards a federal pay equity commission that makes the Government of Canada, as the country's largest employer, the example that everyone looks to in advancing pay equity for Canadians right across the board. That's the objective. That's the goal.
Then, how we get there step by step in the parliamentary process as this goes forward is a matter on which I'm happy to have discussions with you and any members of the party, because what I'm concerned about is that women in Canada not go backward, that we go forward and we go forward together, and that this Parliament takes on its responsibilities to advance this agenda.