Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. Indeed, GBA+ is very important, because it is the lens through which we can see the effects that programs have on men, women, young people, older people, racialized people, etc. Without this lens, it looks like they are homogeneous groups. We are acti

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. Indeed, the role of caregiver is central in the lives of women. Naturally, as mothers, we take care of our children, but this tendency to take care of people in need is widespread. Studies show that some caregivers die before the person they help, be

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. Indeed, one of our recommendations is to double health transfers. However, money is not the only issue; we also need to rethink the health care system. In its current state, the Quebec health care system is solely curative. Less than 2% of the hea

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely.

Status of Women committee  The pandemic has greatly exacerbated this problem, because the childcare and education systems have failed from time to time. When crises occur, it is always the women who are left with the work. We must also think about all the invisible work and task sharing. I was talking ear

Status of Women committee  Of course, it causes a lot of anxiety.

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry.

Status of Women committee  Yes, okay, no problem.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the invitation. The Réseau québécois d'action pour la santé des femmes has been in existence for over 30 years. Our network boasts about 100 members across the province. What I am going to share with you today is based both on the reality on the ground and on indep

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry about that. I was going to say that one of the premises when we provide services or we study women's health is the fact that health has a social basis. When it comes to health, the social basis must really be taken into account. For example, we know that the life expe

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I would first like to thank the committee for inviting us. I would quickly like to emphasize that the issues of women and health are really related. Across Canada and around the world, women take care of health issues, providing it both in the public sector and