Posted: Apr 15, 2021 6:30 PM MT | Last Updated: April 16
Carlo Hilario, an assistant professor in the faculty of nursing at the University of Alberta, is part of the federal government's Task Force on Women in the Economy. The new group is advising the government on gender equity issues resulting from the COVID-19 recession.(Submitted by Carla Hilario)
When Carla Hilario received an email invitation to join the federal government's Task Force on Women in the Economy, she thought it was a mistake.
"I actually thought they had the wrong person and said that during my first meeting with Minister [Chrystia] Freeland's policy team," she said Thursday in an interview with CBC Edmonton's