Thank you to both of you. I greatly appreciated your presentations as well as your recommendations.
We are talking here about promoting, especially, the participation of girls in our society's economy. All the groups who spoke mentioned the need for financial equality between girls and boys. You may not have heard them all speaking earlier, but both groups of witnesses that we heard from before you mentioned it: there is no possible economic equality without equal pay.
Ms. Byers, you specifically mentioned that pay equity is a project that comes up often, but always ends up being set aside. In Quebec, pay equity is a done deal. I personally participated in it and I saw the results. It's not perfect, but it was brought in. It means that for equivalent work, men and women receive the same or similar wages.
You did not say very much about this because it seemed so obvious to you. However, I would like to hear your thoughts on this, please.