Thank you.
On that, I'll just give my personal example. I'm doing a little bit of work on women in leadership, particularly women in politics in my riding. I am honoured to represent the riding of New Brunswick Southwest as its first female member of parliament. When I look around the riding, we have 14 mayors, of whom three are female. We have eight MLAs, which in Ontario would be the equivalent of an MPP. Of the eight MLAs that touch into my federal riding, there are no females.
If we look at the high school level, we're looking at principals across the riding at all levels of education. Of the 29 principals, 17 are women, so we are making some progress in one area. I would strongly argue, as you would as well, the significance of women being involved in various roles, because all people bring different experiences and different perspectives.
I also sit on the international trade committee, and that's another question I have for you. How important is it that we have women negotiating international trade agreements, particularly when we heard the earlier speaker talk about the differences in the OECD countries? How important is it that we have women's perspectives, with women not only negotiating but sitting on those boards and offering that different perspective? Is there a balance option there?