Great. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here today.
I was running through the sixth report of the Department of Finance. It's 36 pages long. It's remarkable, very thorough. It reminds us about how much work has been done over the last three months. It truly is a testament to the hard work, the extraordinary work, by you, your team and the Department of Finance. I want to say a huge thanks to you.
My first question is regarding child care. We had an economist come before the committee last week. She told us that there is going to be no economic recovery if we don't figure out how we're going to support child care. Women will not be going back to work if we do not find a way to support child care. She talked to us about household spending accounting for over 56% of the GDP and how women's incomes are critical to maintaining household purchasing power.
My question is, what approach are we looking at to support child care to ensure maximum participation by women in the workforce moving forward?