National Defence committee  Good afternoon, and thank you, Karen. Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today. I would like to acknowledge that our meeting is being held on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people and to pay my respects to indigenous elders past, p

Human Resources committee  Sure. We had a ton of data that model very clearly that women are disproportionately affected by COVID. There's no question. Financially, physically, emotionally, intellectually—all of that—they are much more impacted. We know that this is particularly so for women who are at

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  Oh, I'm sorry. Fear was highest in early April, and it was also lowest in early April. If you were very afraid, it was high in April, or not at all afraid, also high in April. You can see by just these few examples that there is a lot we can learn from the data that has been co

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, and thanks for the opportunity to spend a little time with you this afternoon. This has been a time of disruption—a time of difficulty for some, a time of opportunity for others and certainly a time of adaptation and adjustment for us all. This disruption has cha

Finance committee  It's a great question, and it's one of the things we're looking at. In the research we're asking people where they get their information from. Is it better to have it on paper, to get it digitally, or to get it from a friend or a trusted adviser? What we're finding so far across

Finance committee  Yes, thank you for your questions, Ms. Koutrakis. I agree with Sherri about looking at ways in which we can incentivize people to make donations, to continue to participate in supporting the charitable sector. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the weaknesses of every system a

Finance committee  I'd be most happy to.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. Hello, everyone. It's good to be back with you. It seems like just a few days since we last met in Ottawa, and it seems like a lifetime ago. Here we are in this new normal, or new interim normal anyway, and although I'd prefer to be there with you in person, it's

Finance committee  Right now we have a couple of existing indices—one that looks at individuals, one that looks at children and youth, one that looks at communities—and we're developing one that looks at families, which sort of ties it all together and makes sense of it all. What we're looking at

Finance committee  Sure.

Finance committee  The most significant impact is that families have a predictable income. It's not a lot, but per child it makes a big difference. In fact, for those at the low end of the income spectrum, it can mean the difference between using a food bank or not. We've seen the population profil

Finance committee  Yes, we have those. I don't have them off the top of my head, but I would be happy to provide them for you. They're not extensive, but we do have information about how people are spending or saving for education, and for those who are not, what kinds of impediments lead to their

Finance committee  Thank you for the invitation to join you today. You've heard from business, energy and financial services. I'm here to talk to you about families in Canada. Families are the engine of our economy and the cornerstone of our society. Families are the primary caregivers, helping p

Veterans Affairs committee  Having listened to hundreds of family stories, I think there are three things. One, definitely link recruitment with retirement. As Mark said, young people don't think about retirement. There are the three i's: I'm immortal, I'm infertile, and I'm invincible. It's hard to get the