Madam Chair, I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on equality and what can help achieve it.
We know that women are currently not equal to men. They have been more harshly affected by the pandemic. There are still problems with pay equity. Furthermore, more women are victims of violence.
In the 1970s, a royal commission on the status of women stated the following: “No country can make a claim to having equal status for its women so long as its government lies entirely in the hands of men.” At that moment, there was only one woman and 264 men in the House of Commons.
I would like to hear what my colleague has to say about the participation of women in politics. Could achieving equality in politics help achieve equality in other areas?