Thank you, Mr. Allison. I'd be happy to use the five minutes as best as possible.
Again, thank you to all the witnesses here today. I was a former United Way board member, so it's good to see United Way here today.
Mr. Quist, I thank you. You've definitely answered some questions here today. My colleagues across the way obviously disagree with some of them, and that's their democratic right. And thank goodness for that.
However, I am from rural Ontario, and I can say that some of what you mentioned in your presentation actually works for rural Ontario. Perhaps the member opposite is not aware of the issues in rural Ontario, as likely her party's most rural riding would be in Mississauga.
That being said, I wonder if you could just expound a little more or give us a little more idea or discussion around income splitting. It would be my observation in rural Ontario that a national child care strategy would not necessarily work for every community, because in my riding there are well over a dozen communities, and likely there wouldn't be enough infants to attend these facilities to keep the operating capacity where it is. The way I observe it is that income splitting would perhaps allow some family members--and they may not be all in poverty, which is understandable, but for some of those parents who would choose to stay home with their children, it would allow child care spaces to open up for those who otherwise would not be able to send them there.
Maybe you could explain that perspective. I think that's where possibly my colleague opposite does not recognize some of the issues facing rural Canada, and in my case, rural Ontario.
Thank you, Mr. Quist.