Thank you. Certainly your recommendations are much different from what we see committed for addressing this crisis.
My next question for you is regarding child care, which we know is a pillar of the Canadian economy.
We often hear that the pandemic primarily affected women. Many people call it the “she-covery“ plan. The pandemic highlighted this so thoroughly that the introduction of an early learning and child care act was supposed to be put in place by 2020. We know this is a core piece of the confidence and supply agreement that was put forward, but we also know that the issue surrounding providing a robust early childhood education is complex. We need funding, we need spaces and we need training. With regard to the training piece and ensuring that there are enough early childhood educators trained, that's certainly being put forward by experts in the field.
I'm hoping you can walk the committee through how the CCPA envisions a progressive budget addressing policy change as necessary for a successful program, and how the funding would accompany these changes.