I'll jump in on that one.
First of all, I think that as elected members of Parliament, you are also role models. I would encourage you to do everything to encourage young women to follow in your footsteps, because they do look at you and see the leadership you provide in government.
On the mentorship programs, I think there are a lot of organizations that do quite a good job, such as Junior Achievement, and I'm sure you've talked about the financial literacy programs they have in schools. Also, a group of women who have been friends for 30 to 40 years all have young girls who we mentor.
I'm not so sure that a government-sponsored mentor program is the way to go. I think mentorships are so much about relationships and people clicking together. If you try to mandate it, sometimes the chemistry is not there and it doesn't work. I've had experience with that, where it has been mandated that everyone must have a mentor, and about 20% of them work.
So I think the encouragement that government can give is to the organizations that are providing this kind of support, and maybe again I'll go back to my point about recognizing and celebrating these organizations. But I would not recommend some sort of wholesale government-led mentorship program.