Mr. Speaker, not only is the government in favour of pay equity, but it is the one that proclaimed it and the one that wrote it into Canadian legislation. The government has already paid out more than $1 billion for pay equity.
Our experts are clear, however: the human rights tribunal is wrong in its judgment. We have filed an appeal, as unions do when they believe the courts to be wrong, and we have to wait for a ruling by experts in the field in order to find out what portion the Canadian public really needs to pay.