Are there missing components to the bill? What I would be somewhat concerned about is that we have to be a little careful about inequities, in that there are very lengthy waiting lists. Right now, people who have a space, keep that space. However, we can't create spaces fast enough to serve all of the other folks, particularly the families who really need child care in order to put a roof over their heads.
System expansion, if we can't do it quicky enough, certainly leads to a level of inequity. I hate to hear reports already from operators that some quite well-off families are using the less expensive spaces almost as drop-in care, because the spaces have become less expensive under the universality element of this program. Really, they are using it as drop-in care and they don't actually need the spaces, yet there are other families who desperately need the spaces in order to go to work and support their children. There is some inequity, and I'm not sure how to solve that in the bill.