I asked because I do have many temporary foreign workers living in my riding, and I know some of the stories coming out because of COVID-19 are pretty horrific.
Sorry, but I have many questions for you today. Supplementary estimates (B) 2020-21 allocated over $12.6 million toward personal support worker training and measures to address labour shortages in long-term and home care, pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act.
We know the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shown us the importance of care work, as my colleague Madame Falk shared earlier. Part of the reason for this workforce shortage in home care, as you know, oftentimes is related to workers not being paid a living wage, which we know, during COVID, is a wage for people who are often doing dangerous work.
Will these new measures include ways to ensure that care workers are paid a living wage and extra benefits in lieu of the fact they are doing life-saving but very dangerous work?