Status of Women committee  This could certainly play a role, but I think increasing the number of affordable child care spaces is a priority. That's just as important as making it easier to reunite families.

Status of Women committee  As I said, they share the same problems as all women in terms of invisible work, that is, all of the domestic tasks, and child care or care for a dependent relative; however, all of the barriers they face increase this invisible work and the mental burden that comes with it. This

Status of Women committee  I think everything has been said, but I want to point out that the challenge is even greater for immigrant women who head single-parent families. They already have relatively precarious jobs and may not have access to affordable child care. This certainly represents a barrier tha

Status of Women committee  When we left off, I was talking about the challenges concerning French integration. In many cases, immigrant women do not have access to, or know of, places where they can practise speaking French. What's more, they face challenges in trying to understand how the host society wo

Status of Women committee  I, too, will be discussing immigrant women and their invisible work, which nevertheless has significant consequences.

Status of Women committee  All right. The two previous witnesses did a good job of highlighting the key issues, so I will not go over them again. I will, however, add a few things. Although all women in Quebec and Canada likely perform invisible work and carry a heavier mental load than men, the phenomen