I don't think it would be appropriate for me to be suggesting legislation, but many of the movements that have now begun in various sectors and from various stakeholders are certainly promising.
We're seeing it from corporations, particularly multinationals, which are being influenced by what is happening in some European countries and the U.S., on how organizations are seeing the value of increasing their representation of women on their boards. These multinationals are insisting that those organizations that they work with in Canada do the same. It is coming from those organizations.
The Jeffery Group is doing a project to try to get women to more proactively make themselves available and show interest in being on boards. What we've noticed is that many of the same women sit on a multitude of boards. We are trying to work with those women who sit on multiple boards to mentor other women to get them to be both interested and attractive for other board appointments.
Concerning the political participation, we did some work with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to help women prepare and get access to the means that will bring them to municipal politics, which is often the pillar or the first step for women moving into politics, but you would be better positioned to know what needs to be addressed within parliaments to make it more attractive for women.