Mr. Speaker, I know it is unusual for me to answer after I have spoken and someone else has spoken on debate after me, but I understand the hon. member wanted to hear from both members.
Last year I listened to a woman with a career very high in the workplace speak on women's issues and their importance in the workforce. The item I picked up more than anything else is that those figures are grossly distorted. The reason is that women work part time in most cases. For many of them it is because they have to and for others it is because they choose to stay in the home and their only opportunity is to work part time. This pulls us way down when looking at those statistics. They are way out of whack and we have to look at them all carefully.