One of the big challenges is that this was an “Ottawa knows best” program created in such a space that it works fairly well for people who work relatively regular hours, Monday to Friday from eight to five. It doesn't work very well for people who work shift work, who have overnights and who do all these other things. There was really no flexibility built into the program in places like Alberta, Saskatchewan or British Columbia—really, right across the country.
We hear from so many parents that the access to the child care they have available to them means that they take a lesser-paying job because they can't get overnight shifts as part of the child care deal. It gets rid of the fact that this is what they need, because it is seen as a luxury and it is explicitly designed out of this program. Do you think that's a policy fail?