Yes, and I'd just like to reply to an earlier comment that perhaps a neighbour or a family member could watch the child. That's a privilege for a chosen few. There are single mothers and there are people of colour who do not have the option to have quality child care. This is a public program. We're taking away personal responsibility. Child care is a right. A child has a right to quality early childhood education, from zero until they're 18. I'm just going to say that off the top.
However, “choice” means that we will fund small home day cares and we will fund large day cares. We will fund child care across the country, from my centre to a centre in Newfoundland, a centre in Saskatchewan and a centre in Manitoba. Regardless of the colour of the parents' skin, the amount of money the parents make or whether the child lives in a single-parent home, no child will be left behind.
I'm passionate about each child having a right to the program, whether or not parents are privileged enough to have someone in the neighbourhood to watch their child.