I absolutely would. Thank you for the opportunity.
I would say two things. First, I think the ask of the government would be to invest in a national sex-, gender- and diversity-disaggregated data strategy. We can't build equitable AI systems using data that fails to adequately represent women. Tangibly, if you look at that from an economic perspective, there is a huge commercialization opportunity that stems from it. Currently, we cannot conduct clinical research trials in Canada within women's health because we don't have the infrastructure or the systems. That's a huge opportunity for us to work with major global and Canadian pharmaceutical companies to test their products, services and systems here.
Secondly, there's a huge innovation white space opportunity that comes from being able to study women, sex and gender-diverse populations. Think of the femtech industry as well. It's a $5.6-billion-a-year opportunity for Canada, but we can't develop and support femtech economic strategies and sustainable systems without the data to feed them properly.
I would say invest in women-led AI innovation, research and commercialization. Not only must women be the subjects of AI systems. They also need to be leaders in designing, governing and benefiting from them.