I just want to share some feedback, a representation of people in my riding. This is very typical. Consider two very similar Canadian families, each with two parents and two kids who are two and four years old. In both cases the first parent is employed full time and makes $50,000.
In the first family the second parent chooses to work full time, making $35,000, for a total gross family income of $85,000. The second family makes a different choice: the second parent stays home with the kids. It's a sacrifice, but they make it work. Their gross family income is therefore $50,000.
You would agree that both the stay-at-home parent and the working parent probably work equally hard, right? No one would dare to suggest that a stay-at-home parent works less hard than anyone else. Is that fair?