Madam Chair, while I am no expert on pay equity and the implementation of the pay equity regime, I know a thing or two about government workings and regulation-making. It was the government's own legislation, so they knew this was coming. I'm convinced they could have drafted and implemented regulations more quickly and had an earlier coming into force.
Why that was not the case, I don't know. I think that's a question that only the minister and her officials could provide you with the real answers on. One can only speculate, but I cannot answer with any level of certainty as to the reasons for the time lag between legislation and implementation.