Thank you, Mr. Racine and Mr. Dupuis.
My first language is Hebrew, but is very difficult for my daughters to speak that language,
even though they were in a Hebrew school for early education, so I understand how important it is to maintain a culture and language.
For my part, French is my fourth language, so I apologize for my mistakes.
I'd like to switch, if I may, to Marilou Denault and Fondation Lucie.
Your organization's mission is to “prevent poverty by contributing to the creation of conditions conducive to the development of the full potential of all young people living in Quebec”.
Drawing on the experience of Quebec—of which we have 25 years to look at, which is really quite amazing—in planning out this nationwide, high-quality universal child care system, can you speak to how essential affordable, high-quality and inclusive child care is to the healthy development of young people? You did mention in your opening remarks the science and the evidence behind it.
I had the opportunity to meet with the team at Sainte-Justine earlier in the year and received a lot of evidence there, but I'd like to hear from Fondation Lucie if possible, from either Ms. Japel or Ms. Denault.