Pierre Poilievre

I remember reading about studies where like if they got a bunch of people and got them to apply for jobs, and just based on the names, whether they were like a typically white name versus say a typically black name, the response rate is markedly different.

Again, I'm holding the position of the DEI to try and – I like the clash of ideas because it helps me to think through these things.

I've never had the chance to ask somebody –

these kind of questions before.

And on that point of housing, one of the things that I found to be quite surprising was that black mortgage applicants are up to 200% more likely to be denied a home loan than white applicants with the similar financial profile.

This is in Canada?

These stats are for the West.

Okay.

But what is going on there?

Because it says that they have similar financial profiles, yet their applications are being denied up to 200% more than white homebuyers.

And then DEI comes in to make sure that their judgments aren't stupid.

But that's how it shows up, right?

It's like a logical next step, which is there's prejudice going on in the system, which is making it unequal for some groups.

And DEI becomes this corrective measure so those stupid bankers don't make stupid decisions.

The other thing that I actually was really keen to talk about and I just realized is this.

Seven years old.

I often hear parents talk about their concerns with, you know, someone like Valentina growing up in the world as non-verbal.

You're not going to be here forever to protect her.

And, you know, I was saying to you before, my brother has three kids under the age of, what, seven years old now?

And I've noticed just how much he thinks about