Madam Speaker, I would like to pick up on the idea of a she-covery and the importance of women in the workplace.
Not only are many women in the workforce, but they are also caregivers. The number of patients per nurse, most of whom are women, keeps rising because of diminishing health transfers and the government's refusal to grant permanent, sustainable, ongoing transfers.
In Montreal, 800 nurses have resigned over the past year, and that has increased the workload for those who remain.
By denying the health transfers that Quebec and the Canadian provinces are calling for, is the federal government not shooting itself in the foot when it comes to a she-covery?