Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My first question is for Ms. Gregson of the Coallition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia.
I do not know whether you attended the first part of the meeting, but I spoke a little earlier about the fact that the federal government saves $250 million a year in tax credits that are not claimed by Quebec parents because Quebec has established an affordable daycare system. As a result, these Quebec parents pay three times for their daycare services: the first time is their reduced contributions of $7 a day; the second is through their Quebec taxes, since that is what funds the daycare services; the third is to Ottawa, given that their choice saves the federal government $250 million a year.
The question that I asked this morning and that I would like to ask again now is as follows: do you think that the $250 million should be given back to the Quebec government to be invested in daycare services, or should that money go into the consolidated revenue fund and spent entirely on debt reduction?