I think it continues to roll us backwards and it increases the gap of inequality, with women being the ones who suffer more. It's clear that public services have been good jobs for women, have paid well, have had benefits. That is being eroded. There's now research that shows that precarious public sector employees are far less likely to have benefit coverage and pension coverage and that they have less control over their work schedules, with fewer hours generally. The federal government as a source of good jobs, then, is becoming eroded. That increases women's poverty and inequality.
It's so clear that women rely on many public services federally, provincially, and locally. Adequate funding and transfers to provinces are absolutely essential.