What we're talking about here is a child care plan that is effective for working women. Right now, what we have are very competitive day cares. I'm going to tell you that personally, I am a working mom. I have a one-year-old, and my husband is working from home right now. I have nowhere to send my son in terms of a day care, because it's highly competitive in the neighbourhood where I live. Even the facilities and options that exist are not tangible. Again, to your point, we're relying on our network of family to step in, and I am fortunate enough to have a network of family who can step in.
With COVID, we've restricted households. We've sort of separated those pieces, and what it has meant, quite frankly, is questioning what I am. I am the perfect case study of “pink attitude”. What will I do with my career next? We can't keep going like this. Does that mean that I'm able to access somebody who is able to come into my home? Does it mean increased day care or child support, or is it paying me for that labour that I have offset with my wage? I'm deciding essentially whether I give a good chunk of my salary over or whether I forfeit that payment and do it myself. Being within COVID just restricts it all the more, so you have more women forced into making that decision.