I think diversity is exceptionally important, but I don't think women should be a quota, because when you go out and earn it, you own it, and that's exceptionally important. I think all of you, just like young women from across the country, are more than capable of beating any guy at anything you do.
I commend the actions of getting to parity, but I think it diminishes us when we get there because we're a number. The last thing I want to have happen is for someone to question that a Jane Philpott, who is a doctor like me, didn't get there on her own because she was a number in a quota, even though she is an outstanding woman who has done great work, and I know she could get there all on her own.