Okay.
Unless we figure out a way to address this, if they're eligible for EI--and some are, while some aren't—that is going to run out very quickly, and we have no strategy for our east coast communities. We've lost our fisheries, we've lost our primary industries, we've lost our mining, we've closed Hawker Siddeley in Pictou County. We're really struggling right now.
My concern is that Nova Scotia has never really been a priority. Nova Scotia, I think, is reflective of other rural communities, and we need to make it a priority, because if we can make it work in our rural communities, we can make it work for the rest of Canada.
I plead with you at this time to not forget women, to not forget women in the rural communities, and to understand the complexity of women's struggles and women's lives.