Status of Women committee  We need 100 in order to have 50% candidates.

Status of Women committee  Do you mean why can't we find 100?

Status of Women committee  I could name you the 100 competent women in New Brunswick who could actually be on the ballot. I agree that it's both a demand and a supply problem. In that context, there are barriers on both sides and obstacles on both sides.

Status of Women committee  I can start. Yes, political parties have a big role to play in terms of the solution and the commitment. Surely we can find 100 competent women in our province to be on the ballot—that's our line. What I've been hearing from the political parties in New Brunswick is that efforts

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  We're saying that we want 50% at least on the ballot so that our 16% has a chance of creeping up to something that will be a whole lot more appropriate. Our goal, our vision, is to make sure that we have at least 50% candidates by all parties.

Status of Women committee  We work with the four major political parties in the province of New Brunswick. All were invited to participate. We made it very clear from the beginning that the only way we would work with them was by having them sit side by side with us in a room with other political parties w

Status of Women committee  Merci, Roxanne. You might want to leave if you want to catch that flight.

Status of Women committee  Roxanne will miss the fun part when your questions begin in a few minutes. We've been looking forward to this since we got the invitation to appear before the standing committee. Actually, Roxanne came back two days early from a business trip to India in order to be here today,