Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Ms. MacEwen, about two months ago, you held a news conference with my former colleague, former NDP finance critic Daniel Blaikie, to call for vital reforms to Canada's employment insurance system to better support women.
Current policies prevent workers from applying their insurable hours toward both regular and special benefits if they've taken maternity or parental leave, and these policies impose a 50-week cap on combined benefits. What are the impacts of that policy and what steps should be taken to address it, in your view?