Honorables sénateurs, le 2 novembre 1998, la secrétaire d'État à la Condition féminine, Hedy Fry, a comparu devant le comité spécial mixte. Auparavant, le 30 octobre 1998, son ministère, Condition féminine Canada, avait publié un communiqué disant ceci:
Honourable senators, on November 2, 1998, Secretary of State for the Status of Women Hedy Fry appeared before the special joint committee, accompanied by an October 30, 1998 news release from her department, Status of Women Canada, which said: