Here's how the pandemic caused more women to lose their jobs

By the end of January, Canada's economy had over 800,000 fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic, and according to an RBC analysis, nearly 100,000 Canadian women have completely left the workforce since the pandemic started. RBC vice-president Dawn Desjardin says the longer women are out of the workforce, the harder it will be for them to return when the economy begins to open back up. Tanya Hayles was an event planner for the past 15 years and she says she's unsure how the event planning business will change after the pandemic.

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