I do have a trip booked for August if the Atlantic bubble comes back, so I'll pay you a visit should you open your doors this summer.
I have a quick question for Ms. Hannen on a point of clarity.
I don't believe anyone within the government has ever suggested that our plan is to build a series of federally owned and operated day care centres in every community. I take some exception to the characterization by Mr. Falk. I quite like Ted as a friend and colleague, but I strongly disagree that the issue is really ensuring that parents have the choice to stay home. I think it's giving them the choice to do that, and giving them the choice to work if they do want to.
I'm curious about the following, Ms. Hannen. If the outcome of this program, per our intention, is to create spaces in communities that may not have them and to make it more affordable for families to access day care centres that may already exist, do you not think that giving that choice to a second parent who's currently making the economic decision to stay home, because they can't afford child care if they're going to work, will have the potential to give more choice to parents by expanding access either to facilities that exist now by making them cheaper, or by expanding through partnerships with communities and provinces, facilities and communities that don't have day care today?