Thank you for that question.
I think we're absolutely dealing with a crisis for those who are members of what's being called the sandwich generation. They are men and women--I'm a member of that generation--who have to care for aging parents and young children at the same time. Research demonstrates that the burden of care falls disproportionately to women at the rate of about 2:1, in terms of the hours women spend doing that care.
Not to harp on child care, but that is one of the reasons why child care is so important, as well as paid family leave, and so on. This isn't about an extra handout for women or a supplement to what we think are the basic responsibilities of any individual to their family. These are well-educated women who we have invested in.
To use myself as an example, the Government of Canada has invested--I hate to confess this--tens of thousands of dollars in my education. I have a Ph.D. that I earned here in Canada. You have all spent a lot of money on me. If I come out of the economy and start doing unpaid work, that's really a bad allocation of resources.
So we need to think about this in terms of a better allocation of resources to keep members of that sandwich generation doing paid work and allowing them the supports they need to also care for their parents and children.