Thank you.
I would really like to congratulate the Province of Quebec for having taken such a strong step, in terms of the universality of child care in Canada. It is really unfortunate that most provinces have either not had the political will or the funding—and I think in most cases, it's the funding—to be able to emulate the kind of system that exists in Quebec.
Obviously what we are here to talk about today—and many others have come before us—is the importance of having federal funding, in order that we can begin to expand our services in a fashion like Quebec.
Personally, I think that Pauline Marois is a hero in Canada. Even though there has been a lot of negative criticism about the Quebec program, I think you will find that the research is about to be turned around. I understand that there's going to be a speech made at the Learning Societies in two days' time. A paper that's being produced basically shows that the accessibility of programs in Quebec are distributed proportionately to income across the entire province.
Hopefully we'll set some of the record straight on what is actually happening in Quebec, as opposed to many of these rumours that I know you are beleaguered by all of the time, and that we find difficult in the rest of Canada in terms of being able to emulate the programs.
Thank you.