Thank you, Madam Chair. You're doing a great job.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for being here. It's an important study for all of us, and I can tell you that I'm one of those ones struggling with menopause, and I'm way beyond that age. I have hot flashes all the time. I don't know why. They drive me crazy.
I'm going to ask a question. I know it's a $3.5-billion annual impact to the Canadian economy, and I understand that lost income from women is $3.3 billion. One in ten women leaves the workforce, and $237 million is lost to the employers.
I'll ask all of you to give me your response to this question: Are we doing enough at the federal level to ensure that we are putting more funds and more action to educate both the employer and the employees about the situation? That's a lot of money. A lot of women are single women, and a lot of them are supporting their families. That's a lot of lost income. It's going to cost us all.
We'll start with Dr. Desautels, and then we'll move around.