Absolutely. I'm not an expert on child care, but having spent 30 years working with women who live in poverty or on lower incomes in Nova Scotia, I can say that it is the great divide. Women who are lone parents or primary caregivers are challenged hugely by child care.
Being so significantly under-represented within the trade sector, there are not many industries or companies that offer on-site child care or child care opportunities. It is something that is a significant challenge and continues to be for women in the trades and technologies, and obviously other sectors as well.
We work within our programs to provide subsidies for child care. You have to if you have women-centred programs, but we also are working with companies to try to build their gender equity strategies and understand the great challenge that child care is for women.