Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses. Those were uniformly terrific presentations.
I'll start with Ms. Carr and Ms. Carroll.
Thank you for your terrific work on behalf of all Canadians. Prior to being elected to Parliament, I ran the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. We put in place, in British Columbia, a B.C. disability employment network, which included a spectrum of folks with physical disabilities through to intellectual disabilities.
What we found most remarkable—and you touched on it in your presentation—was the fact that once hired, those new employees stayed with businesses forever. Part of the advantage to the business sector was the fact that those employees were long-term employees. Particularly for a lot of businesses that had high turnover rates, it made a fundamental difference.
If you could, I'd like you to comment on that advantage. We're talking about competitiveness in the Canadian economy, and having high retention rates is actually a fundamental element of competitiveness for Canadian businesses. Could you comment on the importance of that? This is a modest investment you're asking for, but one that has huge ramifications, not only for the new employees but also for the businesses.