Marc, thank you for sharing the time.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for being here to speak with us about the Pay Equity Act, Canada's first proactive pay system. I was proud to vote for this alongside the members of the Liberal caucus, despite the nay vote by the Conservative Party for the budget implementation act.
Approximately 1.3 million employees are covered by the Pay Equity Act, about 390,000 in the public sector and 900,000 federally regulated employees in the private sector.
What plans, if any, does the PBO have to do a cost estimate of the implementation of the pay-equity regime in the private sector? What are the challenges in conducting such a cost estimate?