Thank you.
I think everyone on this committee, and I'm sure all Canadians, recognize the importance of child care. The finance minister, when she testified at committee and was asked about child care, indicated that she was privileged to be able to have her grandparents offer child care for her in her growing-up years. That's something a lot of folks across our country have, and in this current program it isn't being recognized or rewarded. There are folks who legitimately need to have day care services outside of family and friends, and they don't have those connections or opportunities. We need to make sure that folks like them have options as well.
Would you agree that how parents decide to provide child care for their children should be a parental decision?