Ya'ara Saks at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to our officials who are joining us here today to give us some detail and technical briefing on the legislation.

I do appreciate that we spent some time on the agreements earlier, because many of the consultations on what my colleague Ms. Falk was asking about—rural access—are part of the provincial consultations that happen with stakeholders that are unique to each province and territory.

I'd like to dig into some of the language of the legislation, because there seemed to be a lack of clarity by my colleague, Ms. Ferreri, when it comes to inclusion. In 7(c) it says:

support the provision of early learning and child care programs and services that are inclusive and that respect and value the diversity of all children and families and respond to their varying needs

Could you help us understand the language of inclusivity and that we're referring to families and children and not child care providers, because they vary from province to territory?