Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague has made some excellent remarks.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the hon. member for Beaches—East York for her good work on behalf of Canadian women. In addition, I congratulate the member for Don Valley East for her report.
Could my hon. colleague comment on the fact that the government has sat for quite a few months and has decided to do absolutely nothing about the report?
The report, which is called “Improving the Economic Security of Women: Time to Act”, is from the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. It has a series of recommendations that are very worthy and that need attention by the government.
One recommendation is that the federal government play a leadership role in improving labour legislation to extend a greater protection for the growing segment of non-standard workers and to ensure that working conditions of non-standard workers are placed on the agenda of future meetings of provincial labour ministers.
It also talks about the fact that parental leave, which is something the Liberals brought in, should be extended from one year to six years.
There is a series of recommendations also for live-in caregiver programs. We know, and it has been discussed many times in the House, that the majority of caregivers, about 80%, are females. What is the government doing about it? Absolutely nothing.
Could my esteemed colleague comment on what she can do to persuade the government to act on this very important report.