At the moment, parents do not have a choice. Taxes are so high and there are so many more advantages for parents who both work that women are forced to stay in the workforce.
The system that recommends equality was established to increase the workforce. The idea was to get women out working. That is why an unequal system was created. That inequality puts women at a disadvantage if they decide to stay home to look after their children. But that is what Canadians want. Polls show that Canadians' first choice is to stay at home with their children. But they cannot make that choice.
As for the $2,000, that is one of the things that we are recommending. The childcare deduction enables families where both parents work to deduct $7,000 per child, but families where one parent decides to stay home do not benefit from any deductions.