Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Yes, I am being assertive and fairly aggressive here because you have families.... “Parents are giving up their jobs as hundreds remain stuck on day care wait lists in” Newfoundland and “B.C. mother says lack of child care could leave her homeless”. These are the articles that I have in three days. Families are in chaos and distress, and, through you, Mr. Chair, I will ask one last time, and I just want an answer, Minister, on behalf of the parents and families that you say you represent and to whom you want to offer fairness.
These operators are closing down. Please, with all due respect, answer them directly: Why are you not allowing provinces that are asking you in desperation—and your own Liberal MPs, who say they want you to—to include private operators? Why are you not doing that?