Thank you so much.
Thank you to our witnesses.
As the critic for this file, I've had the opportunity to listen to thousands of parents and families.
Ms. Friendly, what's really disheartening is that I feel, whether you intended to or not, that you're really pitting these home-based, entrepreneur, small-business-operated child cares against the public system.
My child went to a home-based child care. It was amazing. If you say that they don't have quality, I feel, as the critic, it is my job to voice that they are absolutely quality people who look after our children. I want that on the record.
I'm going to turn to Andrea, if I may call you that. In your comments, you mentioned the risk of creating a system that offers more bureaucracy than care. Can you explain to the committee what you mean by that?