Human Resources committee  You are so off the mark. Why are you against the $18,000 for this day care spot in Toronto going to that young single mom? That's what it's about. Why are you against equality? Why would I want to go out of the labour force if somebody pays me? I wanted to work. I wanted to work

Human Resources committee  You seem to be deciding--

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, what was your question?

Human Resources committee  I've used full-time child care myself, and I've run a gender-equity career day at the school that I last worked at, so I'm all for that. But I would not put my child in a day care. I saw the best of the best in Toronto, and it's not good enough for my children. I would not put th

Human Resources committee  First of all, Mr. Savage, you can ignore what I worked very hard to tell you today; that's your choice. The message is that a whole bunch of us, a whole whack of us have been life-long Liberals, and you alienated us. That's the first message. Secondly, is the Quebec model giving

Human Resources committee  —and I'm throwing it back. It's no, it doesn't work, because it doesn't give you full, equal choice. So that is your answer. There's no equality, no $175 a week to parents who choose to care for their children themselves. That's roughly what the Quebec government is subsidizing d

Human Resources committee  Bill C-303 is flawed policy and flawed politics. By the way, is there just one Liberal here? That's it?

Human Resources committee  So there's only one.

Human Resources committee  I am Kate Tennier, from Toronto. I will attempt one more time to explain to the Liberals why the country is against Bill C-303. The first thing Canadians do when discussing state-controlled child care is to muse about why and how the Liberals got themselves into this mess. They