Karen Ludwig at the Status of Women Committee

Thank you.

Thanks to all of you for your testimony this morning.

My question is also for you, Shifrah, a nurse. There are 300,000 nurses in Canada, so that's roughly 1% of the population. I'm biased now because my daughter just graduated in nursing from Dalhousie University, so it's current.

Do you see a disparity in the nursing profession itself? It is definitely dominated by women, but LPNs are now being hired in the field of health, versus RNs. We also could look at the pay discrepancy and how to get more males into the field of nursing.