I am, of course, an MP from New Brunswick, and I am the only woman elected there. Very often I am invited to career days, or to speak to Girl Guides, or to go to a school and speak.
I assure you that I always take the opportunity, and I'm very happy to do it, because I think, as you say, that we are a role model in ourselves regardless of whether we realize it or not. It is great for girls to see women in politics and to see women holding different opportunities and different careers than just the regular ones.... I do enjoy that.
I usually have staff with me, and when I go back to my office, the comment is, “I don't know who enjoyed it more—the girls or Mrs. Gordon”. So yes, I do agree that we should be jumping into those opportunities.
Thank you.