Status of Women committee  Those are the figures from the report. The report was produced in July 2016, I believe, but I actually can't say right now.

Status of Women committee  Yes, that's right. That's one of the recommendations we're making, that free child care be available for women fleeing violence and women in need of assistance with parenting—for example, when they're involved or engaged with, or about to be engaged with, the child protection system—so that children are not being removed as a result of mothers not being able to find appropriate child care services.

Status of Women committee  I don't, off the top of my head, have examples. I could certainly find some and get back to you on that, but I don't have examples. I want to be clear that it doesn't obviate the need for legal aid, but it's one element that we can see where the system really doesn't work in a lot of different ways.

Status of Women committee  Through justice, or...?

Status of Women committee  We echo the recommendations made by the pay equity task force in 2004 and call on the government to enact pay equity legislation. Such legislation would place the onus on employers to ensure pay equity, rather than placing it on individuals and unions to bring forward a complaint and spend their limited resources to pursue lengthy litigation.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'll be speaking to pay equity and child care. I'll start with child care. Economic security and a poverty reduction strategy must address the adverse lifelong impacts of the disproportionate unpaid caregiving performed by women in Canada. In 2016, West Coast LEAF did a research project looking at the impact of child care on a diverse group of women in B.C.