Merci.
I want to talk to Ms. Jackson. You talked about the fact that we see poverty among senior women as persistent. We have evidence of that. This committee has had a number of studies in regard to the economic security of senior women. We have discovered that because they have had sporadic work or unpaid work, the CPP they receive is very low and OAS and GIS put them well below the low-income line.
We are in the midst of a study in regard to non-traditional work. One of the issues that came up in that study was that Statistics Canada evaluated that women dropped out of apprenticeship programs more often, not because of financial reasons or a better job offer but because of family responsibilities--in other words, unpaid work.
It seems that this is pivotal in terms of how, if we're going to address the reality of poverty among senior women in the future, we have to have this information.
I wonder if you could comment on that.