Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for their powerful testimony. I want to direct my questions to the HEU.
Ms. Nederpel, Ms. Hackett and Ms. Dreyfus, I'd like to thank you in particular for your fierce advocacy on behalf of not only your members and those working on the front lines but also the patients they take care of. I'd also like to thank you for the service you're doing. It's well known that north of 70% of the deaths in Canada due to COVID occurred in long-term care facilities. It's your members, the staff and employees, who have been on the front lines of this, putting their health and their families at risk. I want to thank you for the incredible work you've done and the sacrifice you're making for all of our health.
Ms. Nederpel, it's been said that the conditions of work are the conditions of care in the long-term care sector. I'm just wondering what suggestions you have for the federal government to help prevent a health human resources crisis that I think is developing as a result of pandemic burnout.