It's interesting, because that is pretty much the same as what we have in the House of Commons, yet yet when StatsCan was here a few weeks ago, they said more women are likely to run and be elected municipally than they are provincially or federally. That's obviously not the case, which blows my whole line of questioning, to be honest, because, of course, we want to see more women run at all levels of government.
I'll go to the FCM and maybe they can comment on one thing I also find quite interesting.
When I was running for the first time, one of the things I heard continually was the idea that I should start at the municipal level and then run for something else. I'm sure my male counterparts probably didn't hear that, but for some reason it was considered a training ground for women. The thing was, that's not where my interest was. I have so much respect for municipal politicians because it's a very different world, but it's not my interest level.
I don't know if you want to comment on those kinds of comments that I got as a woman.
Mr. Serré, Mr. Fraser, did you guys get those? No.
I'm wondering if you have any comments to make on that aspect.