Thank you, Mr. Chair.
With regard to this amendment, there's nothing in here about ministerial jurisdiction or provincial jurisdiction. One of the most important parts of this is talking about making public the reporting that will be done. Why would we not want data and reporting to be public?
It eventually does become public, but it's a long and convoluted process. There's a report, and then a member of Parliament has to submit an Order Paper question, or maybe someone in the media has to request an ATIP—access to information. Reports eventually make their way into the public realm. It's just that it takes a lot more effort and work, and in the meantime people don't have information in order to make good decisions.
One of the most important parts of this is to make public the data and reporting that the government will be using in order to make its decisions. Also, presumably, these reports will be used for future negotiations with the provinces, because they'll see what's working and what hasn't worked. This simply makes that information public, so that parliamentarians—whoever the parliamentarians of the day are—can see that and hold the government to account—whoever the government of the day is—and move forward with better policies.
I can't see why someone wouldn't want to support this, so that there's openness and transparency as to how this child care program is working across the country and so that better decisions can be made. That's really what the premise of this is for.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.