Yes, absolutely. Thank you, and the north is my favourite part of this country, Mr. McLeod.
Let me make it very clear. We represent over 15,000 workers in the north, including, of course, the governments of Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. I've visited the north many times, and as I said, it's my favourite part of the country. Being a Newfoundlander and Labradorian, that's difficult to say, but there you go, I've said it.
To answer your question though, specifically, yes, our members are under pressure for sure, and many have volunteered to do work that they cannot do at home because of their job description, and they've agreed to do work outside of their job description. They've certainly agreed to step up and do work outside their normal working hours.
Many of our members have said, “I have small children at home because of the closure of schools and day cares and so on, and I can't work my normal eight to four or seven to three. I can start work, though, at 4:30. That's when my partner is available to take care of the kids, so I can start work at 4:30 and work through the evening.” As I said earlier, they want to be productive, and many of the members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada have gone and continue to go above and beyond what they're asked to do for Canadians in this time.
So absolutely, yes, they're doing different duties from what they would normally do to assist Canadians, and they're certainly working outside of the core hours because they're unable to work the core hours. So absolutely, everything that they can possibly do to be productive—