Pay Equity committee  I'm going to respond in English. That said, I understood the question. I think it is important that it be distinct, both from the expertise issue standpoint and.... I'm not as familiar with the Quebec approach because my experience has been more in Ontario, but one of the thing

Pay Equity committee  Sure. A number of consultants have been doing work on pay equity in this country, predominantly in Ontario and Quebec because of the proactive laws, but elsewhere as well. For example, in the federal cases, because we had to educate panels that had human rights backgrounds but

Pay Equity committee  I will start by saying I'm just concerned with Dr. Taras' comment about it being too prescriptive. One of the problems we had and one of the things that led to multiple extra months of litigation was that the equal wages guidelines from 1986 were not prescriptive enough. Bell C

Pay Equity committee  Perhaps I'll start. I don't take issue with anything in the report. I just worry that trying to do everything at once may be too ambitious. For example, when pay equity was implemented proactively in Ontario, there was a phase-in of certain issues. It was a phase-in on employer

Pay Equity committee  You'll get both of us.

Pay Equity committee  I hope my colleague will stop me when we hit that four-minute mark. Good evening, distinguished members. It is a pleasure to have the privilege to be here and talk to you about this very important work you are embarking upon. I am joined by my colleague, Colleen Bauman. We are