Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today. I know you have been working really hard, as all of us have during the pandemic.
My question is actually about child care workers, or early childhood educators. Although I know that its an overlapping jurisdiction, for many child care workers, conditions that really are conducive to meeting proper health and safety measures are non-existent. We know that child care workers are essential. Child care workers allow families to go to work, particularly women who have been really hard hit by the pandemic, yet in Manitoba—I'll give you one example—we recently had to return all the masks because they did not meet health and safety standards, and these masks were provided by the province.
This is horrific. It's not only unsafe for workers, but it's unsafe for children and it places families at risk. I'm wondering if your government or your department has any plans to put in place measures, national standards to protect child care workers.