Obviously, I think it's been unprecedented over the last eight months with everyone's workplaces going virtual and our schools going virtual. Not only that, but Canadians who are blind or partially sighted moving to touchless environments, creating new technologies that are inaccessible in their very nature, has also layered on additional stresses.
I'm glad to be here. I know the focus of people's questions has been very much on the other two witnesses, and understandably so. I do want to make sure that everyone remembers the more than 6 million Canadians who do not get supported the same way in how they participate in the world of work and how they contribute to our economy, and there is no reason why they shouldn't. Inherent barriers of access and affordability are growing the divide between the haves and have-nots from a data perspective, and I think that's something that has to end. I'm glad this committee is looking at it with a level of vigour.