Thank your for the question.
Two of my five concerns were in reference to clause 8, around indicators of availability, and the spelling out there, perhaps, of indicators of accessibility. There would be two ways to look at it. I think you still need to make sure that the on-reserve dilemma and the jurisdictional issues are addressed, and that might take more thinking. I'm glad I'm not in your moccasins...I don't know if that translates well. I'm glad I'm not in your shoes, because those things are not going to be easy.
I think the tariff issue is also fundamental. As much as it is an issue of aboriginal access, hopefully the same issue has been raised by some poverty groups. If you are making minimum wage or barely above it, if you are an aboriginal woman with a child, if you managed to get through high school and are working somewhere, and you need child care, and you are asked to pay the average wage for that, I guarantee you your wage is not the average wage.
If we want these young women to be successful and to have quality, accessible, affordable--to use the previous language--child care spaces that are culturally relevant, that are going to help her child finish and graduate as well, then I think we need to turn our attention to it. And I think the tariff is a huge barrier.