Mr. Speaker, I will ask the parliamentary secretary to maybe tell us who those witnesses were who said it was okay to put it in regulations.
My recollection, and from checking with the minutes, was that witnesses were not okay with that, and that a definition of race and gender inequity would be an advantage in terms of the legislation. I find that particularly interesting.
I will follow that up with the testimony that took place at the committee hearing. I am interested to hear what the parliamentary secretary says to actual testimony that was provided there. It started with his own member, the member for Richmond Hill asking a question to one of our witnesses, Prof. Aaron Dhir, who answered:
I would have to say that I suspect that [the member for Windsor West] is right, that five years with respect to the diversity provision in particular, will be too long.
The member for Richmond Hill then said:
I'm going to interrupt you because I want to give Tanya about 45 seconds to also give her input on this.
The answer from Ms. Tanya van Biesen was:
In terms of time frame, I would say no more than three years.
What witnesses can the parliamentary secretary provide today that would actually corroborate his statement?