It's a great question. I'll go back to the testimony we heard from Allyson Schmidt. It was very powerful, very moving. She is from Sault Ste. Marie. Allyson is working in Sault Ste. Marie, has her family there, has a bunch of commitments. She's really working hard, as you know, making $25,000 a year with five different jobs. Allyson's situation and that of many people like Allyson, who are working in ridings like mine or yours, don't have the opportunity to move to the next city. The next largest city to Sault Ste. Marie is a three and a half to four hour drive to Sudbury. If you go west, it's eight hours to Thunder Bay. It's even more difficult for somebody who's working precariously in rural or semi-rural Canada, because there aren't as many opportunities there. This does not minimize what somebody who is working precariously in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal or Halifax is exposed to. It's even more difficult in small communities in rural and semi-rural Canada.
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