Status of Women committee  Anecdotally, within our network we can say we're hearing that they have support, because they are of that intergenerational generation or sandwich generation that was alluded to earlier. They have relied on their networks. With these recent restrictions, however, whereby the households are put within one household, it has become increasingly difficult for them if the parents don't live in the same household, which could be the case.

Status of Women committee  No, I think you've nailed it. In terms of the elderly generation, we're finding from our networks that a lot of them live in intergenerational families. We're still trying to get some data around that so we can specify to you where the barriers lie. That is why we stress that this national study is really important for us: It's so that we don't come up with solutions out of the air but have some tangible stuff to look at, and we can then act on that accordingly.

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. I want to echo what Jaspreet had said. We can't have a blanket approach and we need to make sure that we understand that this is a substantial group in terms of a population standpoint and also from an unemployment standpoint. I think it could be really easily resolved, because this group is highly educated, highly skilled, and can easily adapt and be marketable instantaneously.

Status of Women committee  Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair, vice-chairs and committee members. It is a pleasure to be here today. My name is Ruby Dhillon. I am the founder and president of Pink Attitude Evolution. I'm joined here today by my fellow officer and executive producer, Jaspreet Sandhu. Pink Attitude Evolution is a not-for-profit organization in Canada with a mandate to empower South Asian women to achieve their full potential in their chosen endeavours.