Thank you.
Ms. Cukier, in your opening remarks you referenced the initial document as being more than just numbers, as being the result of a response to what happened in 1989 at École Polytechnique.
I'm going to date myself now, because when I was an undergrad at the University of Western Ontario there was a real barrier for women considering engineering. It just wasn't the place for women. There was a sort of rough and tumble attitude that I think might have been intimidating. One of the things we've heard from presenters is that harassment, sexual harassment, is part and parcel why a lot of women don't go into trades traditionally regarded for males, and perhaps the professional schools.
I'm wondering to what degree women may be avoiding this kind of job or professional school because they feel vulnerable, isolated, or even unsafe.