REAL Women, I really appreciate your comments. With respect to family and children, the government has believed in parent choice and options. I think you bring up a good point. I've had a fairly intimate relationship with a child care committee. Single moms in British Columbia get significant subsidies for their child care, as they do in Quebec. So the provinces have played a key role in this, on top of what the federal government has done.
The NDP has attacked income splitting as a benefit for a few rich people. Instead, they want us to spend more taxpayers' money on special interest groups and expanding bureaucracies. Can you explain how income splitting will help all Canadians? Options and quality child care are important, but I think we need to be broad in how we support families.