Status of Women committee  MP Mathyssen, in his Speech from the Throne the Prime Minister referred to a universal early learning and child care system that is affordable, accessible and of high quality, so that no matter where children and parents are they have access to similar supports. Minister Hussen i

Status of Women committee  Thank you, MP Zahid, for your very important work as chair of immigration and citizenship. One of your witnesses, Armine Yalnizyan, said that there will be no she-covery without early learning and child care. She is absolutely right. The Prime Minister very clearly referred to

Status of Women committee  Thank you so much, MP Sidhu, for your work as vice-chair of FEWO. It's very important for us and for those diverse communities such as those in your community. I was happy to connect with folks like those at Pink Attitude. Their voices were echoed by many we've heard in Black, in

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Ms. Larouche. It's critical that the two work hand in hand. Minister Bennett has been leading our government's efforts. Over the past several months, she has brought together, per province and per territory, survivors, their families, experts and leaders to ensure tha

Status of Women committee  With due respect, gender is not mentioned even once in Mr. O'Toole's leadership platform. Equality doesn't come up once. Women, when they're mentioned, are mentioned in their traditional roles—

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. And there is no mention of gender-based violence in your leader's platform. We will do everything we can to respond—

Status of Women committee  We will do everything we can to respond to the very real needs of Canadian women in this difficult time. I will add that your party has not stepped up. It has not put it in writing. It is not in your leader's platform. I'd appreciate some of your activism being directed towards

Status of Women committee  I'm going to direct this question to my deputy minister, the wonderful Guylaine Roy.

Status of Women committee  I think that's a very good question to ask our finance minister, who is working very hard on ensuring that the fall economic statement on the 30th moves forward, and then she'll be focusing her attention on the budget.

Status of Women committee  Early learning and child care are critical to a full recovery from COVID. In July we were able to announce $625 million in federal supports for the child care sector, to ensure that it was safe and that the spaces could stay open. In addition to the bilateral agreements on early

Status of Women committee  I think every Canadian appreciates that we are in the middle of an unprecedented crisis and that the pandemic is something that we have been working on since the beginning of the year. I think Canadians also appreciate that their government listens. When they say something needs

Status of Women committee  We were able to put forward a historic number of programs and deliver them in record time. Canadians told us to focus on speed and to perfect the programs after they had been rolled out. We did just that. Canadians can rest assured that we'll continue to be there for them throug

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that very important question. COVID has highlighted challenges that existed before the pandemic. Structural, systemic challenges that were hurting communities pre-COVID are in sharp focus now. It may be difficult to consider that CARE has recognized Canada as havi

Status of Women committee  That's another really important question. Pay equity is about ultimately valuing the work that is predominantly done by women. It's not just the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do. As you mentioned, the legislation is put forward, and we are working on implementation

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Ms. Larouche. I'm pleased to say that at that federal-provincial-territorial table, colleagues, despite our differences, we are united in a belief that we need to do more, that we can do more and that all Canadians expect us to do just that. You're absolutely right