Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, ladies, for taking time out of your busy days to agree to be witnesses and to help us with our study.
I'll pose my questions to the three of you, but one of you could answer. For the two organizations, I want to compare your responses.
My first question to all of you is this. We know that gender stereotyping has been and remains a big issue. Parents and educators still steer young girls in a certain direction towards traditional types of careers. Because of the global economy, the workplace is being shaped and reshaped through the impact of cultural differences, for instance. Different cultures have different ideas to ours on what is traditional and non-traditional. What's your sense of the impact that's going to have on any success we've achieved thus far in Canada in attracting women who come from homes where their culture is entirely different, for instance, to non-traditional occupations?