Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses. I have a couple of pieces that I want to follow up on.
I think this is probably for Mr. Brown, but maybe also for the broad department. I'm very concerned about the plight of women between 2002 and 2013 who were not able to collect their EI benefits because they were sick during their parental leave. That is an example of a barrier that women face in terms of economic security and their fair participation in the labour force. There was a promise during the 2015 election campaign to end the class action lawsuit involving sick mothers on parental leave, but those lawsuits have continued.
I'd like to hear that there's a plan to ensure that these women get access to those benefits and also that there's a plan going forward to ensure that economic security of other women is not threatened in this way.