Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the speakers who came today. I appreciate the witnesses' shining a light on care work being gendered.
Traditional women's work has been undervalued for too long, and it is now moving into exploitation. That's no accident, based on long-standing gender discrimination, and it's even worse for intersectional women, immigrant women and women of colour.
With care work making up 8% of GDP and with an aging population, the care economy has the potential to grow exponentially. We know that we need the workforce behind it.
My questions for the witnesses are around privatization. There's been some move toward privatization in this area. I would like to hear from each of the witnesses on how privatization has impacted the quality of care and the working conditions for the workforce in the care economy.