Madam Speaker, that is a great question, and I want to thank my colleague, because she has been talking a lot about this issue, and especially about how women are being impacted.
We talked about the importance of child care and the importance of that as part of a “she-covery”. We talked about those travel agents, and I am really glad she brought up travel agents, because the government keeps talking about helping out with a transportation recovery plan. One thing we do know is that the big hits are going to be on the travel agents.
Right now they are having to repay airlines and big corporations tons of money that they just do not have. They have taken bookings, and a lot of the people in the travel agent sector are female. That is clearly evident from the numbers. They have been asking to be part of a transportation recovery plan, and it needs to happen sooner rather than later.
The whole transportation sector is hanging on by a thread, and it is absolutely essential that we do not leave anyone out, especially travel agents and especially the aviation sector. We need to create a national aviation strategy, as other countries have done. We need to protect infrastructure for women more than men, especially for those who are using the buses. After the Highway of Tears, we have seen what happens when we lose that transportation.