Human Resources committee  I am sorry, I have to leave. I have another meeting. So if anyone has any questions, I will leave my e-mail address with Christine so that she can give it to you and you can e-mail us the questions. We want to see improvements in child care, and we are not going to go back until

Human Resources committee  Lack of child care is the main cause of women's poverty.

Human Resources committee  There is one difference between our community and other communities. Bengali women—

Human Resources committee  You know better than me, because you've been here for almost 17 years in our community. I'm very new. But as a newcomer, what kinds of problems do I face? From my expectations, from my experience and the community's experience, I saw this scenario: there is a lot of—

Human Resources committee  Bengali people will find a way to come together and step forward to say these things. We see a lot of inequality in our community. Our surveys say that 80% of the women are eligible for subsidy, and only 14% get the tax subsidy, while other parts of the city get 50%. We are not g

Human Resources committee  If you want to see the evidence, you can come to the community and see. Women are bringing their foreign credentials, and 55% have their master's degree. Women have all these foreign credentials but are not identified by the Canadian—

Human Resources committee  Yes, and it's because of child care. How? When they come here, they need to take care of the kids. They have to give support to their spouses to stand up first, and when the spouse is standing up, that three-year timeline is gone, so they lose the opportunity to stand up on their

Human Resources committee  I had an emergency incident at that time, so I couldn't come. Thank you very much for giving me a chance to talk in this standing committee. My name is Sultana Jahangir. I'm an immigrant working woman. I work with immigrant women as a community organizer in my position as exec