Once again, there is a clear link with the ability of our families, children and workers to live well.
You will know that, when we were elected in 2015, there were five special benefits. All of these five special benefits—and I won't list them—have been improved, made more flexible and more generous.
We have also added two new benefits: a family caregiver benefit, for people to be able to look after adults who are either sick or injured, and a new parental sharing benefit, which will be launched just a few weeks from now in March. That is going to help 97,000 families across Canada achieve, for example, greater gender equality, the ability of men and women to have the opportunity and the responsibility of sharing more equally the joys and the challenges that come with having both a work and a family life. That is a historic step towards making more of our parents able to fully take part in the labour force, towards reducing income poverty and towards enhancing gender equality.
In 2019, this is where we need to be.