Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to the witnesses.
My questions are for Ms. Labelle, from Mouvement autonome et solidaire des sans-emploi. However, before I go to her, I would like to comment on Ms. MacEwen's presentation.
Ms. MacEwen, thank you for your presentation. I particularly enjoyed the moment when you talked about how important it is to shut down tax loopholes and tax havens. That's the purpose of the project advanced by the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development, the OECD, and by the G20. Unfortunately, that project is advancing slowly. In the meantime, I appreciated the fact that you support the idea that it is important to tax the web giants. The fiscal inequity isn't that there's a specific tax for those giants, but rather that they monopolize a large portion of the world's wealth by using tax havens to avoid paying taxes. Until we can make what is immoral illegal, I welcome that tax with open arms.
I now turn to Ms. Labelle.
Ms. Labelle, you raised a point that concerns the injustice that occurs when women return from maternity leave and don't have access to employment insurance when they lose their jobs. As you said, the minister can simply amend the act by regulation. Personally, when I first questioned the minister about this, it was in 2016, when I challenged Mr. Duclos.
Would you please repeat how many women that affects in Canada every year.
Also, why do you think the government isn't acting?