Status of Women committee  Thank you to both of you for coming today. Both of you mentioned how leadership plays a very essential role in making sure we progress on diversity. I completely agree with you. It encourages women to either step forward or to step out and not participate. What do you think thos

Status of Women committee  I completely agree with you with respect to that, and a lot of those things the public doesn't know about.

Status of Women committee  Yes. I have been very fortunate to have a career as an orthopaedic surgeon, a rather male-dominated career path. I would be one of 2% of women who are orthopaedic surgeons in the country. I ended up in my role because two fabulous guys decided they wanted more women to be ortho

Status of Women committee  I agree.

Status of Women committee  You see, I fundamentally disagree with you on that, because I think that every woman in this room could earn it, and they don't need that. That being said, that's okay.

Status of Women committee  As I said, I think that conversation about the language for it could move it a long way, because I think there are many things we're on the same page about. It would be outstanding if we could figure out what that language is.

Status of Women committee  I have a quick question for you, Mr. McBeath. On engaging men and boys, what do you think the barriers are for a man deciding to be a mentor to a woman? We don't see enough of them stepping forward with a great female candidate.

Status of Women committee  Maybe I can get an answer to the question I had before, and both of you can feel free to answer it. We do think that men and boys are, obviously, a critical part of this opportunity for women to get involved. My success in orthopaedics was because two men decided that more women

Status of Women committee  It is helpful.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. I have some questions for each of you. Maybe you can follow up on what you just commented on, Madam Redfern. Obviously, you're a very influential, well-respected individual as a mayor in northern Canada. I grew up in northern Canada and I have to say I comme

Status of Women committee  Yes, there are probably several women at this table who can comment on that. I completely agree with you. Ms. Chivu, maybe I can ask you a couple of questions along the same lines, about this difference in how women are treated, both by the media and otherwise, even potentially

Status of Women committee  If I can intervene, I'll also ask all three of you about this issue of bullying, if you have thoughts on initiatives we should be taking as federal politicians to deal with this issue. I know that Status of Women Canada when I was there and also currently, is moving forward with

Status of Women committee  I have one last question. It will be directed to you again. We have challenges in having women involved in politics. The previous panel mentioned travel. Having come from a northern community, I recognize how long it probably took you to get here. We obviously have these physic

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to all the people who have taken the time to come to present to us. Donna, you started to go down the path of some of the recommendations you have. In terms of what you were starting to talk about, I think they actually dovetail very well with regard

Status of Women committee  Know that I have only seven minutes—