With regard to your comment about the 1.5% of GDP, I'd like to say that Canada would be a much better country if it invested this kind of money in a whole range of services that could support young children and their families, so that the kind of people you talked about can be supported in fulfilling their obligations.
Our message in our community is that they want a range of supports. They want child care, and they don't want to be sitting on wait lists while their child grows from six months to three years. They want a range of services, and it's embarrassing for this country, as rich as it is, to be investing the little amount of money.
I have no problem with you putting $1,200 into the hands of parents in relation to this, as long as you provide additional services that they can afford and have access to. That's what's missing in this current arrangement.
With all due respect, the enormous cut that your government made in relation to the child care agreements is appalling. That should be built on, not cut, and go at it from both sides of the equation.