Thank you.
Yes, the waiting lists are long in Quebec because we suspended development projects for a decade. If they hadn't been put on hold and we had continued to develop services rather than cut budgets, we would have been able to meet the demand more quickly, and that would have prevented people from ending up on a waiting list.
At the moment, we're facing accelerated development, but also a labour shortage, much like all employment sectors across society. However, there's a way to offer many services, and Quebec is making that plain. We're currently in accelerated development, and CPEs are part of that. Given Quebec's plan to develop services in prefabricated CPEs with high quality standards, we also have faster development projects that aim to provide more places for children who are waiting.
When the family policy was introduced in Quebec, things moved very quickly in terms of development as of 1998. However, things came to a standstill. If that hadn't happened, there wouldn't be so many children awaiting services in Quebec.