Maybe I'll answer that one as well.
Yes, of course. We've always looked at that. We study the dropouts, both the 15% general dropout and the child rearing dropout, to see the impact they're having on Canadians and to see whether they're covering off periods where people have lower reduced earnings--for whatever reason. The work we've done has indicated that we haven't yet seen--and it doesn't mean it's not there, it's just that we haven't seen it in our data yet--evidence that there are periods of dropped out earnings due to caregiving or other reasons that aren't picked up under the existing 15% general dropout.
So certainly, we're interested in any data or information we can find on that. I myself have spoken with experts outside of government on this question, seeking the same kind of information. While we don't know, it looks like the trend is probably more that either it's a very small period of reduced earnings or they're actually working and doing caregiving at the same time.