Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
My question is for Ms. Sandhu and Ms. Dhillon. It is with regard to what you mentioned earlier: the fact that South Asian women are at a high rate of unemployment. This was pre-pandemic. For me, it's important also to get to the root causes of such statistics. What the pandemic has done is really just emphasize what's wrong in society.
Can you please explain to us why you think the rates of unemployment are so high and whether you think racism and other factors of intersectionality are contributing to this rate of unemployment?
I might not have time to finish asking questions, but can you please tell us—God forbid there might be a third wave or any other such pandemic in the future—how the Government of Canada can better prepare and help organizations such as yours?
Thank you so much.