Thank you very much.
I'm glad that our chair is back, because it gives me an opportunity to ask questions.
First, I want to say thank you to all of you.
I know that many of you are distinguished in your particular field, in terms of advocating and ensuring that as a country we have a national program for early learning and child care.
Thank very much for coming, in particular to Lorna and John, since they're from the Region of Peel in my constituency of Brampton.
First, I want to start off by congratulating Code Blue on the tremendous work you have done as an organization. I think the report card you published, I believe in February, really hit home. For anyone on the committee who hasn't seen it, it allocated five major areas and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper a grade. I believe that on universal child care, you gave him a grade of F; on parental choice, it was a D; on balancing work and family, it was an F; accessibility was an incomplete; and I believe on honouring agreements, it says that Stephen doesn't play well with others. He said that he would honour agreements, and he went back on his word. You gave him an F.
I know that many parents across this country have really used—