Thank you, Dr. Passey.
I'm going to come back to you again, and I want to thank you for acknowledging the great workers who are in VAC. I agree with you; there are amazing workers. I think one of the biggest challenges is that they're being put into a box where it is like these outputs are more important than the human connection, and that does concern me.
My next question to you is really.... First of all, I just want to acknowledge that the vast majority of caregivers are women, and women's work continues to be undervalued again and again in our system. I think that when we look at $1,000 a month for women who often have given up big chunks of their careers because they believe in the service that their partner provided, we need to acknowledge that and understand how we're valuing that.
My bigger concern on this issue is that caregivers, families and loved ones are being asked to treat and manage PTSD with no training and no support. I think about listening to them talk about modifying all this behaviour and trying to create a safe space in a world that is often very triggering.
I'm just wondering what the impact on the family is. You talked about how many partnerships are ending because of this. What is the impact on the family, and how does the lack of knowledge affect that? What are the tools that would be more supportive to caregivers?