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Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, witnesses, for being here this morning.
My question will be to Ms. Loblaw.
First, I want to thank your organization for doing all the good work that you do in helping families and communities in Canada.
As you know, Bill C-44 has been introduced by the government to help families to balance their work and family responsibilities. As far as your organization is concerned, it will introduce new benefits for the parents of critically ill children.
In your experience you must have faced some challenges and be in a position to be aware of the challenges parents have been facing during a difficult period. It's emotionally very hard to start with, and when you add the work risk and other stresses, it is really hard.
Do you think the government is going in the right direction or that this is a positive step forward? If you agree with my comment that it is positive, then I'd like you to elaborate on why you think it is positive.