Thank you, Madame Chair, and thank you, witnesses.
Certainly this is a topic very close to my heart. For the Alzheimer Society of Canada, I've worked with your organization before and definitely have already heard about all of the challenges, especially for caregivers, whether paid or unpaid.
You hit the nail right on the head. There are so many important issues related to family care, an unpaid job mostly done by women. My question is what about support from employers because very often women who have caring responsibilities will have to take time off and will also have to give up promotion opportunities because they want to spend more time. At the same time, their co-workers, who will probably pick up the rest of the responsibilities they've left behind will say, how come this colleague of mine is always absent and how come I'm always doing her job?
Of course, the pandemic has already created more challenges in the house, but what about the workplace in general? Can I ask Saskia to comment on that please.