Again, we are open to the amendment as presented, but I know my colleague, Ms. Chabot, is always interested as to the differentiation between the federal and provincial jurisdictions. I certainly understand that concern and her input there.
I just want to indicate that our concern remains that this study not be too narrow. As a result of having the six meetings, we've begun to broaden it with the amendment on discussing the labour shortages in the Canadian workforce at the first meeting of the study, but I just want to have it known that I'll make an amendment to the main motion once this amendment is dealt with, to follow through on our intent of having the possibility of a broader study.
Certainly, while the care economy is incredibly important and crucial, as we've seen throughout this, the labour force jobs report, which is due out again tomorrow, has shown historic numbers within other sectors, including retail, hospitality and manufacturing. I think we're on the right path here with this amendment in terms of extending it to six meetings from five. The impact of labour shortages, that last part of the amendment, and inserting the words “the Canadian workforce in the first meeting”, that's just to say that the direction we're moving in is to make it broader.