Rebuilding the economy provides an opportunity to renew the social contract between the rich and the poor, the young and the old, those persons with disabilities and those without, the securely employed and the precariat, white and racialized people, and Indigenous and settler communities. [...] We echo the call of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments to adopt and implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as the framework for reconciliation.60 The repeated use of UNDRIP in all relations between Indigenous communities and nations, governments and corporations will ensure that it continues to d. [...] The pandemic highlights the longstanding public failure to provide fair and adequate access to childcare, and the negative effect of this failure on productivity, workforce participation and gender disparity.64 Evidence suggests that the social payoff to childcare is substantial given the benefits of encouraging female labour force participation. [...] The last months have demonstrated the power of communication technologies and the digital economy to help individuals adapt to the changing requirements of the crisis through telework, schooling from home and the delivery of goods. [...] While the situation and funding with respect to COVID-19 was unique, the crisis helps to illustrate that when governments identify priority ‘missions’ and make available the resources and appropriate incentives to address them, Canadian industry will invest to innovate.124 There is thus an opportunity to formulate packages of incentives and resources that will encourage firms to do the same in res.
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