E-7463: Petition to the Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-7463 — "Petition to the Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy" sponsored by Yasir Naqvi. 10 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
Whereas:
• Canada’s care systems are an essential economic infrastructure that enable labour-force participation, productivity, public health, and economic resilience;
• Women disproportionately perform both paid and unpaid care work, and inadequate care infrastructure contributes to gender inequity, reduced workforce participation, lost earnings, and economic insecurity;
• Canada’s care economy satisfies the nation-building criteria set out in the Building Canada Act by strengthening labour force participation, supporting healthy aging, improving public health outcomes, reducing poverty and financial insecurity, and increasing economic resilience; and
• Investments in care infrastructure generate significant economic and social returns, including job creation, increased workforce participation, improved child and senior outcomes, higher productivity, greater gender equity, and reduced long-term healthcare costs.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy to:
1. Recognize the care economy as essential nation-building infrastructure under the Building Canada Act;
2. Recommend to the Governor in Council add a Canadian National Care Economy Strategy to Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act as a designated major project;
3. Direct the Major Projects Office to coordinate the development and implementation of a comprehensive national care economy strategy in collaboration with provinces, territories, Indigenous governments, care workers, caregivers, and relevant stakeholders; and
4. Allocate and commit long-term federal investment and coordination toward strengthening Canada’s childcare, home care, long-term care, disability supports, mental health services, caregiving income supports, and care workforce infrastructure.