The answer is basically yes. I guess the question is, how do you make sure it's provided?
Right now, I would just like to get kids back into school and get our current child care back on its feet, because the pandemic has closed down so many facilities. I do think that we just need to get things going right now and deal with these health issues so that we can get things back on their feet. I think there are some very severe issues that are involved right now for kids. I have a daughter who is a social worker. She deals with kids like this and with families. There are huge stresses out there right now.
Now, in terms of in the longer run, though, we've seen that essential workers need child care support right now, but I think that we do need to have child care as a way of supporting people in getting back to work. Of course, the question is, how do you provide it? My view is that I don't see a problem with private child care and I don't see a problem with public child care. I think sometimes we let our biases about public and private get in our way.
My view is that governments should think about a holistic approach, because one of the big issues, of course, is that child care workers are not very well paid. Maybe we need to start thinking a bit more about what sorts of things we can do to build a better child care system within each province. Of course, the question is, what is the federal role in all that? I think we need to understand that, because the provinces have a huge role themselves.