Well, it's a very complex issue. We've come to the point where there's almost a necessity for two incomes for Canadians to live the type of life they want and to provide for their children. That makes it automatically difficult for the single-income family, whether there are two parents, or whether there's a single parent through widowhood, or choice, or whatever. That automatically kicks in when we get to the point in salary inflation and increased taxation....
I think the more we try to provide fairness to the single-income family, the more we'll create a society where perhaps the single-income parent won't be so disadvantaged. That's a very broad look at the picture, but this is why the single-income parent is having so much difficulty: because we're in the two-income system, and not always by choice. I think we've found many women really don't want to be. They want to be caring for their families at home, caring for the young children--and the teenagers often need attention.
There are many social activities where it's very difficult for the two-income family to provide the type of community and social surroundings for their children that previous generations were able to provide when there was a choice to live on one income and you didn't pay such a heavy price if you wanted to do so.