Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wanted to thank Minister Morneau for appearing before our committee today, as I know his time is very precious, and to thank him and his team for all their hard work during this time.
I also want to welcome and say hello again to our witnesses who have appeared before the finance committee. It's nice to see everyone again. Thank you for all your hard work and your dedicated work with your teams.
My first question is for the Department of Finance. My colleague Mr. Fragiskatos touched on this a bit in his exchange with the minister earlier. This is with regard to the gendered economic consequences.
An economic downturn can have gendered economic consequences that reflect in part the gender division of labour in the workforce. Women in Canada carry out a higher proportion of unpaid care work than men do, and during a public health emergency such as this, care work may have unintended negative consequences on the mental and physical well-being of our caregivers, including an increased risk of falling ill.
If an analysis has been conducted, what were your findings from this analysis? What action can we expect from the Department of Finance based on these findings?