Thank you for that big question. I hope someone else asks, so that we have more time to talk about wage gaps and how stereotypes are an impediment.
We can legislate many things. What we can't legislate is change in attitudes or cultural change. What we're trying to do through our efforts across government is encourage more women and girls to enter STEM; provide more flexible leave options; make sure that, if she's leaving an abusive situation, her job can be protected and she can take leave to put her life back in order. We're working to ensure that we have more child care spaces, for example, so that women don't have to choose between work or taking care of their family.
We heard from the Governor of the Bank of Canada that the Canada child benefit is stimulating the economy in important ways. One of those ways is its ability to give parents the choice and the money to do what they need to do, and what many parents are choosing to do is put that money towards child care so that mothers can go back to work, and sometimes fathers.
There's a lot of work that needs to be done. This is an issue shared by G7 countries. This is an issue we hear from stakeholders and service providers every single day, and it's an issue that we are committed to.