Mr. Chairman, I guess I could say that the budget proposes significant new investment. The budget announced that an additional $7 billion will be invested over 10 years, starting in 2018-19, to support and create more quality, affordable child care spaces across the country.
The aim will be to increase the number of spaces for low- and modest-income families by supporting up to 40,000 new subsidized child care spaces and to help make it more affordable for parents to return to work. This builds on the initial $500 million that was announced in budget 2016.