Mr. Speaker, the union appealed when it did not like the judgment in the Bell Canada case. In our case we cannot as a government treat two groups of women, the 20,000 women in the Bell case and the women in the public service, in different ways. We still have the same problem. We have two different methodologies and we still must ask the court to clarify the law. We believe in the principle of pay equity but we must treat women, whether in the private sector or in the public sector, in the same way.
In the House of Commons on November 17th, 1998. See this statement in context.