Ms. Tennier, you've been active on this file. You've shown you didn't like the Liberal plan. You made that very clear and you were very active on that in an article on May 31, 2005, saying that “the government's plan to develop a regulated, universal day care system is unfair to the vast majority of families who want fair options”.
You've also indicated that you're not a big fan of the Quebec model, which in many ways is what a lot of us advocate and what this bill is more or less patterned on and what our previous legislation was meant to pattern.
One of the issues you talk about not liking is the lack of options. We've heard from a number of witnesses from Quebec, who almost universally indicate that the Quebec model works quite well, not only in terms of cost, but in terms of choice.
This morning we heard from the Association québécoise des centres de la petite enfance. One of the things the Library of Parliament has given us about it is that in fact there is lots of choice in Quebec; that in fact, according to the Library of Parliament, each centre “is independent and has the flexibility to adapt its services within the regulations established by the province”—each of the 700 centres.
So we have heard from a lot of people who tell us the Quebec model does, in fact, work. I wonder what your response to that is.