Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I was being cautious before but no, I do totally agree that there's a difference between equality and equity, and if there's groups that are historically and systemically disadvantaged, then bringing them to a place where they have equal opportunity means that that's different from saying everyone gets the same treatment. Some people have to have different treatment to actually be treated equally. So that is the fundamental difference. It is quite certainly allowable under the Charter. The question is how to achieve that when you have to overcome those historic disadvantages, but that's why you have something like the framework where we're trying to root out the things that systemic barriers and identify opportunities to bring people up to it so that we're all -- we're all at an actual equal level despite the fact of not necessarily starting from the same place. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Wawzonek on Committee Motion 201-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Industry, Tourism and Investment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 201-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Industry, Tourism and Investment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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