Minister, I want to pursue that a little. When you look at the economic gains of investing in a national child care program—and proven gains, because we can learn from other countries in Europe on this as well—it seems to me that when we're looking at lifting people out of poverty, I would point out that recent research indicates that one of the key indicators for lifting people out of poverty is also a quality child care program, because it makes it possible for people to go out to work. Then they pay taxes, and that feeds into the system.
I know that you have listed things, but I'm really going to urge you, Minister, because I know how open-minded you are, to pursue this a little more in looking at a national program.
Minister, I have one more question. It's something that niggles at one when lying in bed at night. It's the Canada job grant. It doesn't seem to address the problem it claims to solve. How will it solve the coming labour shortage, given that it is only for short-term training—for up to a year, I've heard recently in the media—while projected shortages are in occupations that require multiple years of schooling and/or training?