I truly believe that we can work with a realm of policy options, such as refundable tax credits for those using child care centres or something that could be tweaked in the provinces and be delivered more than just annually, which would provide financial relief to those most in need.
I think that money, a per child amount, allows for families to make decisions that work for them and recognizes that.... I personally don't believe that labour force participation ought to fall on the backs of the mothers of young children. I think it should be a choice that mothers make. We have data to suggest that the majority of mothers prefer to work part time or not at all and a minority of mothers who prefer to work full time. When you look at that data, a coercive measure to push mothers of young children into the labour force isn't super-helpful. It would be better to give money to families so that they could choose whichever—