Leah Gazan at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On March 31st, 2023. See this statement in context.

March 31st, 2023 / 9:35 a.m.

NDP

Leah Gazan NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

Moving on, in 2021, the federal government—and I'll ask you this as well, Madam Prentice—promised personal support workers across Canada a wage floor of at least $25 an hour. Is it time for them to make the same commitment to child care workers and provide additional resources to provinces in order to improve wage grids from coast to coast?

I'll start with you, Madam Olan-MacLean and then move to Madam Prentice. Then I'll move over to Madam Lainé to expand on inequalities with indigenous care of children.

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