Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Hamill, I'm so sorry. I lost a child in childbirth. It is unbelievably devastating. You never get over it. January is always a terrible month for me. I didn't have to go through what you went through. My wife at the time had great benefits at work, so she had her maternity leave benefits through work.
This bill is something we need, and I think everyone here agrees with that. The challenge we have is that, because it will require the government to spend money, it needs something called a royal recommendation, and members on this side are not able to do that. Only the government can give a royal recommendation to a private member's bill if it's going to cause the government to spend money.
I take it that you think it's very important that the government give this recommendation.
I would ask all the witnesses if you agree that that would be an important thing because of the value it's going to provide to so many people.