Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I have said on many occasions, there was a difference of opinion between the parties as to whether the Hay Plan Job Evaluation System is in fact gender-neutral. In my response to another question asked by Mr. Picco, I find it somewhat ironic that the PSAC representative on the bargaining team is the one holding up the argument that it is not gender-neutral when PSAC, I am advised, uses the same Hay Plan Job Evaluation System to determine gender-neutrality in their organization. If that is the only issue, then the UNW should get control of the process, should come to an agreement on the 12th and 13th of December, put it out to its membership which it rightly should do anyway, to vote on whether they agree or disagree with what we have presented on the table.
I want to say again, Mr. Speaker, if I may, that we want to put more money into the hands of our people and provide a significant change to the way in which we compensate many of the female gender in our civil service. Thank you.