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Status of Women committee I've listened to a lot of CEOs around the country trying to support young women with young families, and the young men, too. It's been a family problem. I think it will be very discouraging for these people on a go-forward basis. They've been stretched so far that they give up
July 7th, 2020Committee meeting
Rhonda Barnet
Status of Women committee Thank you for the question. My specific facility is a smaller facility. With that, I provide a lot of flexibility. I actually have two new dads in my organization. Their families had babies in February, so I immediately put them on work from home so they could support the added
July 7th, 2020Committee meeting
Rhonda Barnet
Status of Women committee Sure. One of my suggestions would be to leverage.... Child care's a big problem. What about programs like work sharing or expanded CEWS? We need to give women tools to be engaged partially in the economy and maintain adherence to an employer, so that we can get them through this
July 7th, 2020Committee meeting
Rhonda Barnet
Status of Women committee Thank you. I have been on this computer on Zoom and Teams all day with the government. Again, I'm Rhonda Barnet, president and COO of Avit Manufacturing in Peterborough. I was the first female chair in Canada's history of Canada's largest trade association, Canadian Manufacturer
July 7th, 2020Committee meeting
Rhonda Barnet