Finance committee  I think part of the piece right now is saying, if we take a look at the GTA area, that we only have one in every five unemployed workers receiving benefits. Something systemically is flawed within the system when the ones who need it more are not accessing it. Lowering the hours

Finance committee  We need a national child care program that is affordable and universal. It's anticipated that there will be growth of 23% in child population in the next 15 years. We need a program that would assist working parents, whose labour fuels the local economy and helps fight poverty.

Finance committee  Thank you. I am the co-chair of the EI working group, and I also teach at Ryerson University as a full-time Unifor Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy. Good Jobs for All is a Toronto-based coalition comprising over 30 community, youth, environment, faith, and labou