Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I want to pick up where we left off.
The Conservatives have been pretty open that we want to ensure that everybody is included in this bill and that children and child welfare are at the forefront of this discussion.
The pillars of Bill C-35 put forth by the Liberals were quality, availability, affordability, accessibility and inclusiveness.
The NDP amendment asked for an assessment of the progress being made respecting that system, including information on the “quality, availability, affordability, accessibility and inclusiveness of early learning and child care programs and services”. That was the amendment they put forth.
The Liberals put forth a subamendment, and it removed two key pillar words: “availability” and “accessibility”. Then we recessed, and it was brought to my attention that they would put these words back in because they were caught for not having them in there.
Mr. Chair, I guess I'm asking why these two words around this bill were taken out in a subamendment. What was the reasoning to remove two of the pillars, availability and accessibility, when we're looking at this legislation? These are the two biggest issues that we see in child care in this country.