There have been international studies after international studies that said that as far as child care early learning services are concerned, Canada is at the bottom of the heap. It is, in fact, the worst of all the industrialized countries, and it's a hodge-podge patchwork. In places such as Calgary, a lot of workers cannot work, even though they want to, because they just don't have child care. It is now hurting Canada's productivity.
Then, some care is delivered in a way that is completely ad hoc, and as a result, some of the kids are going to school not ready to learn, and that is hurting their academic performance. As far as productivity is concerned in Canada, is it one area child care services really assist in developing?